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- Subject: [cobalt-users] Re: cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #898 - 10 msgs
- From: "Shain" <shain@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Jun 5 11:44:39 2000
I have a cobalt Raq3i server and when I restarted the machine and its
coming as booting and nothing is coming
What should I do?
Shain
----- Original Message -----
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To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 10:06 PM
Subject: cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #898 - 10 msgs
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> Today's Topics:
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> 1. Newbie DNS question (Chip)
> 2. Re: PortSentry and Logcheck ? (Diana Brake)
> 3. RE: root access (Dan)
> 4. Re: PortSentry and Logcheck ? (Brent Sims)
> 5. Re: PortSentry and Logcheck ? (Mike Vanecek)
> 6. Re: PortSentry and Logcheck ? (Frank Cubillos)
> 7. Re: PortSentry and Logcheck ? (Diana Brake)
> 8. Re: Email for Branch Office (Rob Evans)
> 9. Re: PortSentry and Logcheck ? (Brent Sims)
> 10. Re: PortSentry and Logcheck ? (Brent Sims)
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 15:23:59 -0400
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: Chip <chip@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Newbie DNS question
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> OK, I've torn my hair out -- and read and reread "DNS and BIND" trying to
> figure this one out.
>
> Two domains, two different customers, both on same server
> httpd.conf on the server has been configured properly for both (settings
> are identical).
>
> DNS entries are, as far as I can see, absolutely identical, except for the
> domain names themselves and one additional CNAME entry in the entry that
> works.
>
> One (projecthope.net) is working fine.
>
> The other (kentyah.com) keeps giving a "Malformed address in RR" error --
> but damned if I can find the malformed address! The DNS is also
responding
> non-authoritatively, even though it *is* the DNS listed as primary in the
> shared registry.
>
> Both are in the granitecanyon.com DNS.
>
> Here are the two RR files
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> --------- DNS entry for Projecthope.net (this one works) ----------
> projecthope.net. IN NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
> projecthope.net. IN NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
>
> projecthope.net. IN RP chip.projecthope.net. info.projecthope.net.
> info IN TXT "Chip White, NIC handle HO2979-ORG"
>
> localhost.projecthope.net. IN A 127.0.0.1
> projecthope.net. IN A 216.117.149.251
> *.projecthope.net. IN CNAME projecthope.net.; GLOBALOK
> projecthope.net. IN MX 10 projecthope.net.; EXTREF
> support.projecthope.net. IN CNAME healingcancer.com.; EXTREF
>
> ----------DNS entry for kentyah.com (this one gives the "malformed name"
> error) ------------
> kentyah.com. IN NS ns1.granitecanyon.com.
> kentyah.com. IN NS ns2.granitecanyon.com.
>
> kentyah.com. IN RP chip.kentyah.com. info.kentyah.com.
> info IN TXT "Chip White, NIC handle HO2979-ORG"
>
> localhost.kentyah.com. IN A 127.0.0.1
> kentyah.com. IN A 216.117.149.251
> *.kentyah.com. IN CNAME kentyah.com.; GLOBALOK
> kentyah.com. IN MX 10 kentyah.com.; EXTREF
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 15:52:52 -0700
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: Diana Brake <diana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> At 11:27 AM 6/4/2000 -0600, Diana Brake wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Frank Cubillos so wrote:
> >
> >} Too heavy of an install for this newbie! Great idea tho.
> >
> > Actually they are very easy to install. If you are willing,
> >I'd be happy to post detailed instructions on how to install them
> >from source here on this list.
> >
> >
> > Peace be with you,
> >
> > Brent
> >
>
> Please count me as a person who would be eternally grateful for such
> instructions...:)
>
> thanks,
> Diana
> Crest Communications, Inc. diana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Beautiful Sunny Florida http://crestcommunications.com/
> 352-495-9359
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
> Reply-To: <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: "Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] root access
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 16:32:59 -0400
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Shyam Majmudar
> > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2893 6:44 PM
> > To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] root access
> >
> >
>
> Now I see why messages from this sender keep showing up at the end of my
> list of messages.
> Anyone see the movie "Frequency?" I wonder if we've been communicating
with
> a RAQ user from the future.
> --
> Dan Kriwitsky
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 16:39:07 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Brent Sims <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Diana Brake so wrote:
>
> } Please count me as a person who would be eternally grateful for such
> } instructions...:)
>
> Okay, lets do logcheck first. Installing it is as easy as
> pie. Thus it is a good one to start with. I'd recomend that you
> read the documentation first. While there are quite a few steps,
> most of them are the result of my liking to talk a lot. This is
> really a very very easy install. There's little or no chance of
> doing any damage to your system if you just take your time and
> carefully follow the instructions.
>
> I stay pretty busy so it might be a week or so before I do
> portsentry but, after doing this one, you really ought to be able to
> do portsentry on your own. It's not much more difficult at all.
>
> 1) head over to http://www.psionic.com/abacus/logcheck/
> and download yourself a copy of the current release.
> While you are there subscribe to the announcement
> list as you most certainly want to know when updates
> are released. Always update security related items
> whenever a new update is released.
>
> 2) After you download the distribution FTP it over to
> your Cobalt RaQ server. Get in the habit of building
> software from a non-privledged user account. Your
> admin account will do quite nicely. Just fire up your
> favorite FTP client, login into your admin account
> and transfer the distribution to your server. The
> default directory - the first one you see when you
> login - will do quite nicely.
>
> 3) After FTPing the distribution to your server telnet
> into your server - again, use the admin account.
> Odds are that you'll automatically end up right
> where you need to be. If not, just issue the
> following command:
>
> cd /home/sites/home/admin/
>
> Quite simply, you want to be in the directory where
> you uploaded the Logcheck distribution to. You may
> have to root around a bit to find it.
>
> 4) When you are in the directory where the logcheck
> distribution is, issue the following commands, in
> this order, to unpack the distribution:
>
> gunzip logcheck-1.1.1.tar.gz
> tar xf logcheck-1.1.1.tar
>
> 5) Now type cd /logcheck-1.1.1/ to move to the newly
> created directory in which logcheck's source files
> will be found. Then type ls so you can see what's
> there. Then su to root and simply type;
>
> make generic (I used generic, I believe linux
> will work too but I haven't tried
> it myself).
>
> at the command line and hit enter. It will take a
> few seconds to compile and install the program.
> Then type:
>
> make install
>
> 6) You'll need to edit one (1) line on the logcheck.sh
> file in order to make it work. You'll find this file
> in /usr/local/etc so just type cd /usr/local/etc/
> at the command prompt and hit enter. If you then
> do a ls at the command line and hit enter you should
> be able to see a file named logcheck.sh
>
> 7) Open logcheck.sh in an editor. Both vi and pico are
> installed on my RaQ2. vi is The "Editor" that Unix
> system admins prefer but it can be a bit difficult
> to deal with at first. So you might try pico if you
> are not handy with vi. Just type pico logcheck.sh
> at the command line. Then use the arrow keys to scroll
> to the line that reads:
>
> # Person to send log activity to.
> SYSADMIN=root
>
> And change root to the user name for your admin acocunt,
> which is probably admin. Then save the file by holding
> down the control key (ctrl) and touching the o (oh)
> key and hitting return.
>
> 8) logcheck is now installed on your RaQ.
>
> 9) logcheck needs to be ran from cron. To make this happen
> all you need to do is install an itty bitty little script
> in the crontab of your choice. You have quite a few
> choices on the RaQ. At the very least I recomend that
> you run logcheck once each day. I personally run it
> each and every hour on the servers here. Each time
> it runs it will send you an email so you might want
> to think this out a bit. Installing the crontab is
> as easy as pie. Since you should run it every hour
> I use the hourly crontab as an example: While still
> root, type cd /etc/cron.hourly if you want
> run it daily type cd /etc/con.daily
>
> Now do an ls We want to make sure that you are in
> the proper directory and that you don't overwrite
> any existing files so take note of the file names,
> if any, you see.
>
> 10) Type pico at the command line and type the following
> two lines - hitting the enter key after each of them:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/local/etc/./logcheck.sh
>
> If you are really lazy, you can download the script
> I used on our RaQs at ftp://ftp.webokay.com/pub/
> The script to run logcheck is called, you guessed
> it, logcheck.
>
> 11) Save the file by holding down the control key (ctrl)
> and touching the o (oh) key. You'll be asked for a
> file name. logcheck would be a good choice. After
> typing it just hit the return key. Then exit pico
> by holding down the control (ctrl) key and touching
> the x key.
>
> 12) Last, but not least, you need to make the crontab
> executable. While root and still there in the
> /etc/cron.hourly/daily directory, type the following
> command:
>
> /bin/chmod 700 logcheck
>
> 13) Logcheck is now fully functional and operating on
> your server.
>
> 14) type exit at the prompt. This will put you back
> in the admin account. Then type:
>
> cd /home/sites/home/admin/
>
> This will take you back to the directory where
> the distribution was unpacked. Now all the files
> and directories need to be removed. While there
> are some tricks, one can quickly get into a
> whole lot of trouble with the rm and the rmdir
> command so I'm going to recomend that you
> remove each file and directory individually and
> that will take some time.
>
> To remove a file simply type:
>
> /bin/rm FILENAME
>
> at the prompt. You'll need to do this for each file.
>
> To remove the directories simply typeL
>
> /bin/rmdir DIRECTORYNAME
>
> While there are a lot of tricks you can use to speed
> things up, always remember that it is very easy to
> get carried away. Thus, until you really have a
> handle on things, the best way to proceed is the slow
> but safe way - do each of them individually. You can
> do a few today and a few tomorrow or whatever. Or
> you can read the manual page (man rm man rmdir)
> and learn a few shortcuts.
>
> 15) Last, but not least, I don't want my email sitting
> on the Cobalts - any live server. A hacker can come
> along and see what I'm doing if it is there so I added
> a little procmailrc script to my admin account which
> which bounces all the mail directly to a special
> account I use for this purpose. You may want to do
> the same. If so, just type:
>
> cd /home/sites/home/admin/
>
> at the prompt. Then fire up pico or vi and create and
> then save the following file as .procmailrc
>
> :0:
> youremail@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> This will cause all the email that is sent to your
> admin account to be sent to youremail@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Your ISP provided account will work nicely.
>
> Feel free to modify, circulate plagurize or whatever... If
> you have any problems with the install, I'll be more than happy to
> help.
>
> Running a server without at least some security monitoring
> tools is not a good idea. You really need to install at least this,
> perhaps a bit more. It's really not that hard. Just take your time
> and things will most certainly go well.
>
> Peace be with you,
>
> Brent
>
> Brent Sims
> WebOkay Internet Services
> http://www.WebOkay.net
> Brent@xxxxxxxxxxx
> (719) 595-1427 (Voice/Fax)
>
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 5
> From: Mike Vanecek <nospam99@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 20:27:24 -0500
> Organization: anonymous
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Sun, 4 Jun 2000 16:39:07 -0600 (MDT), Brent Sims <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> :>On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Diana Brake so wrote:
> :>
> :>} Please count me as a person who would be eternally grateful for such
> :>} instructions...:)
> :>
> :> Okay, lets do logcheck first. Installing it is as easy as
> :>pie. Thus it is a good one to start with. I'd recomend that you
> :>read the documentation first. While there are quite a few steps,
> :>most of them are the result of my liking to talk a lot. This is
> :>really a very very easy install. There's little or no chance of
> :>doing any damage to your system if you just take your time and
> :>carefully follow the instructions.
>
> /snip/
>
> Really nice post, thank you very much. Would you please consider putting
it in
> a KB format and forwarding it to Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> for
> inclusion in the KB?
>
> Thanks, Mike.
>
>
> --
>
> For information on the unofficial qube mailing list, see
> http://majordomo.email-lists.com/qube-users/
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 6
> From: "Frank Cubillos" <cubillos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 20:32:55 -0500
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Man Brent you are too cool! Thanks for the detailed instructions, this
> newbie definitely sends you his gratitude and many thanks!! Let us know
how
> Port Sentry works out for you, might bother you for the install on that
one
> (please :o)). Saw you mention Pico where can one find it, and how easy to
> install?
>
> Your MY hero! LOL
>
> Frank
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brent Sims" <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2000 5:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
>
>
> > On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Diana Brake so wrote:
> >
> > } Please count me as a person who would be eternally grateful for such
> > } instructions...:)
> >
> > Okay, lets do logcheck first. Installing it is as easy as
> > pie. Thus it is a good one to start with. I'd recomend that you
> > read the documentation first. While there are quite a few steps,
> > most of them are the result of my liking to talk a lot. This is
> > really a very very easy install. There's little or no chance of
> > doing any damage to your system if you just take your time and
> > carefully follow the instructions.
> >
> > I stay pretty busy so it might be a week or so before I do
> > portsentry but, after doing this one, you really ought to be able to
> > do portsentry on your own. It's not much more difficult at all.
> >
> > 1) head over to http://www.psionic.com/abacus/logcheck/
> > and download yourself a copy of the current release.
> > While you are there subscribe to the announcement
> > list as you most certainly want to know when updates
> > are released. Always update security related items
> > whenever a new update is released.
> >
> > 2) After you download the distribution FTP it over to
> > your Cobalt RaQ server. Get in the habit of building
> > software from a non-privledged user account. Your
> > admin account will do quite nicely. Just fire up your
> > favorite FTP client, login into your admin account
> > and transfer the distribution to your server. The
> > default directory - the first one you see when you
> > login - will do quite nicely.
> >
> > 3) After FTPing the distribution to your server telnet
> > into your server - again, use the admin account.
> > Odds are that you'll automatically end up right
> > where you need to be. If not, just issue the
> > following command:
> >
> > cd /home/sites/home/admin/
> >
> > Quite simply, you want to be in the directory where
> > you uploaded the Logcheck distribution to. You may
> > have to root around a bit to find it.
> >
> > 4) When you are in the directory where the logcheck
> > distribution is, issue the following commands, in
> > this order, to unpack the distribution:
> >
> > gunzip logcheck-1.1.1.tar.gz
> > tar xf logcheck-1.1.1.tar
> >
> > 5) Now type cd /logcheck-1.1.1/ to move to the newly
> > created directory in which logcheck's source files
> > will be found. Then type ls so you can see what's
> > there. Then su to root and simply type;
> >
> > make generic (I used generic, I believe linux
> > will work too but I haven't tried
> > it myself).
> >
> > at the command line and hit enter. It will take a
> > few seconds to compile and install the program.
> > Then type:
> >
> > make install
> >
> > 6) You'll need to edit one (1) line on the logcheck.sh
> > file in order to make it work. You'll find this file
> > in /usr/local/etc so just type cd /usr/local/etc/
> > at the command prompt and hit enter. If you then
> > do a ls at the command line and hit enter you should
> > be able to see a file named logcheck.sh
> >
> > 7) Open logcheck.sh in an editor. Both vi and pico are
> > installed on my RaQ2. vi is The "Editor" that Unix
> > system admins prefer but it can be a bit difficult
> > to deal with at first. So you might try pico if you
> > are not handy with vi. Just type pico logcheck.sh
> > at the command line. Then use the arrow keys to scroll
> > to the line that reads:
> >
> > # Person to send log activity to.
> > SYSADMIN=root
> >
> > And change root to the user name for your admin acocunt,
> > which is probably admin. Then save the file by holding
> > down the control key (ctrl) and touching the o (oh)
> > key and hitting return.
> >
> > 8) logcheck is now installed on your RaQ.
> >
> > 9) logcheck needs to be ran from cron. To make this happen
> > all you need to do is install an itty bitty little script
> > in the crontab of your choice. You have quite a few
> > choices on the RaQ. At the very least I recomend that
> > you run logcheck once each day. I personally run it
> > each and every hour on the servers here. Each time
> > it runs it will send you an email so you might want
> > to think this out a bit. Installing the crontab is
> > as easy as pie. Since you should run it every hour
> > I use the hourly crontab as an example: While still
> > root, type cd /etc/cron.hourly if you want
> > run it daily type cd /etc/con.daily
> >
> > Now do an ls We want to make sure that you are in
> > the proper directory and that you don't overwrite
> > any existing files so take note of the file names,
> > if any, you see.
> >
> > 10) Type pico at the command line and type the following
> > two lines - hitting the enter key after each of them:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > /usr/local/etc/./logcheck.sh
> >
> > If you are really lazy, you can download the script
> > I used on our RaQs at ftp://ftp.webokay.com/pub/
> > The script to run logcheck is called, you guessed
> > it, logcheck.
> >
> > 11) Save the file by holding down the control key (ctrl)
> > and touching the o (oh) key. You'll be asked for a
> > file name. logcheck would be a good choice. After
> > typing it just hit the return key. Then exit pico
> > by holding down the control (ctrl) key and touching
> > the x key.
> >
> > 12) Last, but not least, you need to make the crontab
> > executable. While root and still there in the
> > /etc/cron.hourly/daily directory, type the following
> > command:
> >
> > /bin/chmod 700 logcheck
> >
> > 13) Logcheck is now fully functional and operating on
> > your server.
> >
> > 14) type exit at the prompt. This will put you back
> > in the admin account. Then type:
> >
> > cd /home/sites/home/admin/
> >
> > This will take you back to the directory where
> > the distribution was unpacked. Now all the files
> > and directories need to be removed. While there
> > are some tricks, one can quickly get into a
> > whole lot of trouble with the rm and the rmdir
> > command so I'm going to recomend that you
> > remove each file and directory individually and
> > that will take some time.
> >
> > To remove a file simply type:
> >
> > /bin/rm FILENAME
> >
> > at the prompt. You'll need to do this for each file.
> >
> > To remove the directories simply typeL
> >
> > /bin/rmdir DIRECTORYNAME
> >
> > While there are a lot of tricks you can use to speed
> > things up, always remember that it is very easy to
> > get carried away. Thus, until you really have a
> > handle on things, the best way to proceed is the slow
> > but safe way - do each of them individually. You can
> > do a few today and a few tomorrow or whatever. Or
> > you can read the manual page (man rm man rmdir)
> > and learn a few shortcuts.
> >
> > 15) Last, but not least, I don't want my email sitting
> > on the Cobalts - any live server. A hacker can come
> > along and see what I'm doing if it is there so I added
> > a little procmailrc script to my admin account which
> > which bounces all the mail directly to a special
> > account I use for this purpose. You may want to do
> > the same. If so, just type:
> >
> > cd /home/sites/home/admin/
> >
> > at the prompt. Then fire up pico or vi and create and
> > then save the following file as .procmailrc
> >
> > :0:
> > youremail@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > This will cause all the email that is sent to your
> > admin account to be sent to youremail@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Your ISP provided account will work nicely.
> >
> > Feel free to modify, circulate plagurize or whatever... If
> > you have any problems with the install, I'll be more than happy to
> > help.
> >
> > Running a server without at least some security monitoring
> > tools is not a good idea. You really need to install at least this,
> > perhaps a bit more. It's really not that hard. Just take your time
> > and things will most certainly go well.
> >
> > Peace be with you,
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > Brent Sims
> > WebOkay Internet Services
> > http://www.WebOkay.net
> > Brent@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > (719) 595-1427 (Voice/Fax)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobalt-users mailing list
> > cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To Subscribe or Unsubscribe, please go to:
> > http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-users
> >
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2000 21:46:51 -0700
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: Diana Brake <diana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
> >
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> At 04:39 PM 6/4/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>
>
> > Okay, lets do logcheck first. Installing it is as easy as
> >pie. Thus it is a good one to start with. I'd recomend that you
> >read the documentation first.
> <snipped>
> > 1) head over to http://www.psionic.com/abacus/logcheck/
> > and download yourself a copy of the current release.
> ><snipped>
> > Peace be with you,
> >
> > Brent
> >
>
> Wow, thanks. These are exactly the type thing that makes this list so very
> useful and friendly...:)
> I've gone through the steps and am anxiously awaiting the first
> report..hourly as you suggested.
>
> Once I'm certain that everything is right, I'll feel confident about
> installing the PortSentry.
>
> Thanks again. If you're ever in Gainesville FL, I'm buying pizza..:)
>
> see ya,
> Diana
> Crest Communications, Inc. diana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Beautiful Sunny Florida http://crestcommunications.com/
> 352-495-9359
>
>
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>
> Message: 8
> From: "Rob Evans" <robe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Email for Branch Office
> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:49:40 +1000
> Organization: Fujitsu Australia Software Technology
> charset="iso-8859-1"
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vince D. Kimball" <vkimball@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, 3 June 2000 05:31
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Email for Branch Office
>
>
> > We just purchased a Qube2 to provide email and file service for a 5
person
> > branch office. Our main office uses Windows NT and Exchange. We'd like
> to
> > set things up so that email for the 5 people in the branch office goes
to
> > the Qube and email for everyone else goes to the NT box running
> > Exchange. Both servers would dial up to our ISP on a regular basis to
> > receive mail. Can someone point me to how to set things up so that we
> will
> > get the results that we want?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > -- Vince
>
> Vince,
> We have several people at an off-site location. We have mailboxes set up
for
> them on our Qube, so that represents their official e-mail addresses.
But,
> we have forwarding set on to automatically redirect their mail to their
> off-site e-mail addresses.
>
> This has the advantage that, if they shift back to the central office,
they
> don't have to change their official e-mail address - just turn forwarding
> off. The disadvantage is that their mail takes an extra step in getting
to
> them, and thus some extra time.
>
> Regards, Rob Evans
> _______________________________________________________
> Phone: (02) 9452 9129 Fax: (02) 9975
2899
> E-mail: robe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Address: Fujitsu Australia Software Technology Pty Ltd,
> Floor 2, 14 Rodborough Road, Frenchs Forest NSW 2086
> _______ www.fastware.com ________________________________
>
>
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>
> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 21:00:59 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Brent Sims <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Mike Vanecek so wrote:
>
> } Really nice post, thank you very much. Would you please consider putting
it in
> } a KB format and forwarding it to Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> for
> } inclusion in the KB?
>
>
> If I were to do something like that people might start
> thinking I know of what I speak. Wouldn't want that as I know just
> exactly how little I actually know...
>
> I did, however, put a line on it which authorized
> plagiarism, etc. Feel free...
>
> Peace be with you,
>
> Brent
>
> Brent Sims
> WebOkay Internet Services
> http://www.WebOkay.net
> Brent@xxxxxxxxxxx
> (719) 595-1427 (Voice/Fax)
>
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 10
> Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2000 21:06:30 -0600 (MDT)
> From: Brent Sims <brent@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] PortSentry and Logcheck ?
> Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> On Sun, 4 Jun 2000, Frank Cubillos so wrote:
>
> } Man Brent you are too cool! Thanks for the detailed instructions, this
> } newbie definitely sends you his gratitude and many thanks!! Let us know
how
> } Port Sentry works out for you, might bother you for the install on that
one
> } (please :o)). Saw you mention Pico where can one find it, and how easy
to
> } install?
>
> I have portsentry running on five servers here and
> I've installed it for dozens of clients. It's the second thing I
> install on a server before putting it online - logcheck is the
> first.
>
> Basic - we're talking bare minimum here - requires a log
> checker, a port sentry and a base line thingy (tripwire, triplite,
> etc). All three items are really easy to install and, well, every
> server on the Internet ought to have at least this.
>
> I'm new to these RaQs - only had our's a couple of
> weeks. Pico is installed on the one's we bought. Thus it might be on
> your's. Try typing pico at the command line.
>
> Peace be with you,
>
> Brent
>
> Brent Sims
> WebOkay Internet Services
> http://www.WebOkay.net
> Brent@xxxxxxxxxxx
> (719) 595-1427 (Voice/Fax)
>
>
>
>
>
>
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