Re: [cobalt-users] newbie needs help

["H.P. Stroebel" <hpstr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Florian Effenberger schrieb:

> 1. Where should I look for upgrades? ftp.cobalt.com or
> http://emea.cobalt.com/support/download/index.html ? I have found
> some files on ftp.cobalt.com and they are not listened on the HTTP
> page.

ftp.cobalt.com
 
> 2. Is POP-before-SMTP already possible? I have heard that it is only
> possible with an "experimental" package?

right, but works ok
 
> 3. What's the "uninstall" command to remove files? Do I have to
> invoke it with telnet?

normal redhat rpm, i`m unsure for *.pkg (cobalt) files
 
> 4. Is ssh supported?

by cobalt itself no, but can be compiled/installed without problems;
telnet can be switched off
 
> 5. Which additional tools do I need?

for what ? recommended  is a local ssh client for using ssh and a ftp
client for ftp :-)
nevertheless, for more than basic use some linux knowledge is very
useful, so at least one good book, if you don`t already have one

some local tools (nslookup etc) can be useful for debugging/testing
 
> 6. Where can I set the time when a log file should be compressed and
> saved in the /logs folder? On our current, dedicated server, after

/etc/logrotate.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/*
crontab
 
> 7. Is it possible to separate the POP3 space and the web space?

it`s separated; each user has a mail and a web  directory, but it`s the
same quota
 
> 8. Is there a good tool to control traffic? I want to get warnings,
> when 1. a site and/or user is over their limit and 2. the whole
> server is over its limit.

you can limit bandwidth for each ip; for the rest use third party tools

for exceeding the disk quotas, i have read that the cobalt has some kind
of warning function, but i have never seen it... search the archive for
thhat
 
> Thanks a lot in advance and a nice weekend to everyone,
> (And sorry for so many questions :)
> Florian

i would appreciate some beer :-)

btw: for choosing a model, you should  prefer a model with two network
interfaces, useful for ha/mirroring or backup solutions; if you will use
a certain amount of cgi scripts, choose a raq3 (intel instead of mips)

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