RE: [cobalt-users] Livestats on the Cobalt Servers (raq 3/4)

["Peter Masloch" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You should run Samba on a internal server only.


>Does having Samba wide open like this on a network not open a 
>huge security hole?  And would it also not make the machine 
>the instant target of windows-style brute force attacks?  I'm 
>no linux guru either, but something about this sends up red 
>flags to me.  I thought samba was disabled for a reason!
>
>---Devin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chris Dorman
>Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:05 AM
>To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [cobalt-users] Livestats on the Cobalt Servers (raq 3/4)
>
>
>   I spent the last few weeks getting DeepMetrix's LiveStats (formerly 
>Mediahouse's Livestats) to pull stats off the Cobalt Raq's (Raq3/4)
>
>   This list was a good source of help, but I also had to 
>consult alot of 
>different sites and even deepmetrex themselves.  However in 
>the end I came 
>up with this procedure.  It works great and if you follow the 
>information 
>below, you should be able to get it working for you.
>
>   (Note:  I am no Linux guru, so I'm sure that some people 
>out there may 
>know a better way to do some of these steps. However this 
>process works as 
>I use it to get stats from 7 Raq servers). If anyone has any 
>suggestions
>
>please post them up.
>
>
>In this setup, we will assume that the livestats user account will be 
>called livestats.
>In this setup, we are setting up stats to work from a Raq3, I 
>performed 
>this on a raq 4 and it worked fine as well.
>In this instance I was using DeepMetrix's Livestats V 6.2 xsp (Service 
>Provider Edition)
>
>Setup livestats as usual on your windows server following the 
>documentation 
>provided with the product.
>
>Create an account for livestats to use on your network 
>(required to access 
>any logs on remote machines)
>following the instructions in the livestats documentation. Make the 
>collector run using that account
>
>Log into the livestats program as the administrator
>
>Goto the section General Configuration > Log File Templates. 
>Create a custom log file template "cobalt" and use the 
>following custom Parse Template
>
>%a6% %p1% %xx% %xx% [%dd%?%dm%?%dy%:%th%:%tm%:%ts% %xx%] "%xx% 
>%a1% %xx%" 
>%n1% %n2% "%a3%" "%a4%"
>
>
>Log into the cobalt server using the cobalt UI. Goto your 
>server main site 
>and create a user
>called livestats. Don't worry about any permissions. Use the 
>same password 
>as you used for the windows network account
>
>Log into the cobalt server in a terminal session and su to root.
>
>Enable smb on the cobalt as outlined below.
>
>         cd /etc
>
>         edit smb.conf
>
>If the following lines are not in smb.conf add them.
>
>
>         hosts allow = {your livestats server IP}
>         server string = {this server's name as seen on 
>windows network}
>
>         [logs]
>         path=/home/log/httpd
>         read only = yes
>
>
>         edit smbusers
>
>on the line
>
>         root = administrator admin
>
>Add the livestats network account name from the livestats 
>server (in this 
>example it is "livestats")
>Then create the password hash file
>
>         smbpasswd -a livestats {password}
>
>Note: The {password} matches the password of the livestats 
>account on your 
>windows network.
>If you get an error, don't panic. Chances are the hash file 
>has never been 
>created so the
>first time it will report the file was not found.
>
>
>Then enter the following commands:
>
>         cd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d
>         ln -s ../init.d/smb ./S35smb
>
>(This creates a simlink needed for samba to work)
>
>         /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start
>
>Samba should start.
>
>
>Log into the livestats server using the livestats account.
>You should be able to access the cobalt server on your windows network.
>
>         start > run > \\{cobalt server name}
>
>You should not be prompted for a user name/password. If you 
>are there is a 
>problem.
>You should see a logs folder and in that folder the directory 
>with all the cobalt server logs. Make sure you can open the 
>file "access"
>
>
>Back on the Livestats server using the web interface.
>When you setup a new stats virtual server, use the custom template we 
>created earlier.
>For the path to the log file, use \\{cobalt servers name\logs\ 
>and the file name will be access
>
>  Also, when you create the virtual server in livestats, be 
>sure to put the 
>full domain
>(www.mydomain.com) in the box Log File Filtering > Only 
>collect from server 
>host:
>Otherwise you will collect data for all activity on the server.
>
>
>
>
>
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