Re: [cobalt-users] Midnight Commander

[Nico Meijer <nico.meijer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,

> Hi group, I just got my first raq 4i, and I am new to linux
> so I could use a little help,


I can imagine. We've all been there. :-)
Do try to find as much as possible on your own and make a note of that 
in any further postings you make to this list. This will give you the 
necessary credit and keep the flames away.

Have you read the meta-faq yet? If not, watch out for it or search the 
archives. Good pointers in there.

I'll try to give some pointers to your questions below.

> Is their a way to install Midnight Commander,  so that I
> can figure out the dir structure,


Yes. As a novice, you'll like rpm. Once you advance, you'll like rpm 
even more, as it'll save you a lot of hassle. ;-)

Cobalt Linux is tailored after RedHat Linux, specifically the 6.2 
version, which - IMHO - is a very good version.

rpms can be found at http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM or one of its mirrors. 
Do a search for Midnight Commander and try to find the RH6.2 rpm for it.

rpms can be installed with (no quotes!): "rpm -ivh [software].rpm". The 
RaQs 3 and up are i386 compatible machines. Do not (try to) install a 
sparc or an alpha rpm!

You need to be root to install rpms. You can log in to your machine with 
telnet (for ssh, see below), type "su -" (again no quotes!) and enter 
your root password.

> I need to install SSH, and Web Mail, I am having all
> kind of problems the SSH pak from cobalt will not install
> and they won't help because it is not supported.


No experience with webmail, sorry.

Get the latest openssh rpms (currently 2.9.9p*) from 
http://www.openssh.com by clicking on Linux and ftp'ing into a mirror. 
Get the RedHat 6.2 rpms and issue (as root, again no quotes): "rpm -Uvh 
openssh*". This will install all openssh rpms you may have downloaded. 
Check with "ntsysv" to make sure that sshd starts up on (re)boot.

BTW - rpm -Uvh says to "upgrade" a package. If it is not installed, rpm 
will try to install the package. Read up on http://www.rpm.org, 
especially on SRPMS.

Then, issue "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start" and wait a while for your 
server keys to be generated. Log in with another program and use ssh. 
Once all works, *ditch telnet*! Switch it off as soon as humanly 
possible! I am very serious here.

> I also
> want to set up a nice forum and list server.


Majordomo is installed by default on RaQs. For a nice forum, search for 
phorum.

One last tip: Google is your pal.

HTH and good luck... Nico