So apparently you want to set this box up to be a:

router
webserver
mail server

Although all these things can be done on the one machine, I personally would consider it a bit of security...

Probably not because of the version of linux you are using, but maybe because of the distro. Perhaps a cockup when they put it altogether.

Sorry, it's been a while since I used Gnome so I'm not...

I setup bind on a 486 DX2 with 48MB of RAM for the company I used to work for. Still running right now.

The company was given five IPs by their Telco/ISP. I set the websever and the DNS server to...

netconfig is your best friend and setup is its mother.

root privileges are best.

All your Slack belong to us. =8)

Strangely enough I built a very similar server for the company I use to work for.

I did install Slackware 9.1, IIRC. Actually, I installed Slackware because I was having problem getting the RAID...

From In search of l33t (http://blog.subverted.net/?p=397) [subverted.net]:



The guy also suggests touching forcefsck under root (/). IIRC, both of these things were suggested in Essential...

Been awhile since I have jumped on a linux gui (think the last one was Fluxbox), but IIRC you should be able start an editor - gui version, if you like - by running a command via the Gnome Menu....

Depends on what shell you using. The variable that is being changed needs to be included in the startup "script" that the shell uses.

If appending, you can do this: PATH=$PATH:/foo/bar , but if...