Comments on ISP Server Setup - OpenSUSE 10

why do you reccomend using a text based OS? couldn't i just use KDE or GNOME?

You -could-, but the author is presenting this as a server installation, not a desktop installation. Typically, your server is supposed to 'server', more than be a desktop. If you want to build a desktop system, use KDE, Gnome, whatever.

Hi Falco - Thanks for what you do. I'm a "newbie". I have a 9.3 install, but want to upgrade to 10.0 any changes now that 10.0 has been released?

Thankx

Thank you very much for providing such an excellent material. Regards, Martin.

Excellent writeup. I'd just like to add that I had to remove the startup/kill links and readd them to get the ispconfig_server and freshclam to start after reboot. For whatever reason, 3 different systems would not restart those things correctly after a reboot. Here is the easiest way to do it:

cd /etc/init.d ; find . -name ???ispconfig_server -exec rm {} \; ; chkconfig --add ispconfig_server

Works like a champ after that. Thanks for the great howto!

I believe the procmail setup no longer works now that SUSE 10 Pro came out. From my experience all the tests mentioned here pass fine, but email sent to/from the server get lost with no error messages whatsover (I have not inspected the logs yet though).

Also, the courier-* IMAP package(s) no longer exist in the distribution. There is a package named imap, but that is it.

I used several of the other (non-email) configuration instructions and they all worked great. I look forward to an update to this HowTo for the formal SUSE 10 release.

procmail works OK with suse 10.0 courier-imap is present on the dvd iso but not on the CD iso's, don't ask me why.

I run a small web / email / dns server for a few of my clients. The current server was fast approaching 6 years old and needed to be upgraded. Along with a hardware upgrade, a peer of mine advised to switch from FreeBSD ( version 4.x ) to Suse 10. After many attempts to set the box up correctly ( I kept crossing stumbling blocks due to my lack of knowledge to any UNIX based O/S ), I found this manual...

WHAT A LIFE SAVER !!!!

The only issue occured during the whole setup was installing ISPConfig and it not accepting my mysql root passwrd. After 2+ hours I finally figured out that ISPConfig did not like special characters in mysql root password ( might want to add this tip to your manual :) ). Once that was figured out, smooth as silk !!!!

I rely greatly on the internet to help me manage my server and your manaul for setting up Suse as an ISP was greatly appreciated and kudos for writting it !!! Job well done !!

Keep up the great work !!

I would like to thank you for this great manual.
I needed to replace a dead Sun Cobalt Webserver a.s.a.p. The only thing I had left standing was a normal server suitable for Suse 10. With this manual I setup the server with all the services with no problem at all. Hope to see a lot more manuals from you.

Hi Falko/Till,

 First off, you have both done an awesome job on the tutorial. You should really consider doing this professionally for Novell/Red Hat, since their documentation is fairly atrocious when it comes to missing steps or information.

 I want to ask how secure this setup is? Are people using this exact setup for production web servers? Is this meant only for testing environments? Could this be used for a company as an internal corporate web/intranet server provided its secure?

Has anyone audited this setup against snort, nessus, etc. 

 
Thanks for your time in helping others,