RE: [cobalt-users] cobalt as normal redhat server

["Gavin Nelmes-Crocker" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Our company has bought a dedicated hosting service that 
> includes a RaQ4 and a RaQ3. I was dissappointed to see that 
> there was no secure access to the box (only ftp, http and 
> telnet!). I want to remove the web interface and install my 
> own copy of apache and ssh from source.
> 
> As a general question, am I going to find this an uphill 
> battle or can you use the colbalts as a general purpose 
> machine? Is there anything I can't do on the cobalt that I 
> could on a PC with redhat installed? Are there any 
> 'untouchable' areas or can I treat it like any other linux 
> host I admin?

by default SSH is not installed but you can grab a pkg from
pkgmaster.com and install it then turn Telnet off!

To be honest if you want a redhat server buy a vanilla 1u box and
install redhat on it from scratch as you have a RaQ you are a limited it
is intended for non sysadmin people to get started (you will become more
sysadmin as you use it and realize its differences)  As you sound as
though you already know what you are doing this is possibly not the
right box for you.  You can also use https to access the RaQ by creating
a self signed cert for the main site and then going to the GUI via
https://mysite.com/admin

It is possible to install Redhat on the RaQ but difficult and not worth
you time that you will spend doing and getting it right - for starters
the on board ROM does not like the 2.4 kernel which will involve
flashing the ROM which has had some very BAD consequences for some of us
on the list.

An uphill battle would be an understatement - more like vertical
challenge :-)

hope this helps

Regards

Gavin
developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx