Re: What do I do next with my first Linux box

From: David Wright (david_c_wright_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:03:45 +0200

Clive wrote:

> I've just got my first Linux box up and running. So far I've got the
> following working;
>
> Network/web connection
> Samba shares - all working
>
> The reason for the box is as a file print server to run 24/7.
>
> What' the best way to protect it from the web (Smoothwall?), but still be
> able to access it from my LAN (W2K, XP Pro).

Yes, Smoothwall, or IPCop, or a hardware firewall are all fine. Smoothwall
is a Linux distribution, it would sit on another box, which sits between
your network and your internet connection, filtering out incoming traffic.
I use IPCop personally, running on an old box sitting in the corner.

You can use SuSE Firewall (as you are posting in the SuSE newsgroup, I
assume you are using SuSE, and have one internet card connected to your
internal network and the other interface (Ethernet, serial, USB, whatever)
connected to your internet connection (DSL Modem, ISDN TA etc.). However
this is not recommended, a firewall should run just as a firewall, putting
other services on it such as file and print sharing is not wise...

If your network is already protected by a firewall, then you probably don't
need to worry about it, as long as the firewall isn't forwarding incoming
requests to the Linux box.

> Also, can I setup a raid (software) system POST install? I two identical
> 36gb SCSI drives running off a 29160 controller, the second drive is just
> ext3 at the moment.

Yes and no... I believe you cannot use the existing set-up for RAID. When
you create a RAID, you need to partition the drive as being RAID, then
apply a file system to the RAID partition.

If you want to mirror or stripe (mirroring is a much better solution,
striping can help performance, but is as insecure as having a single
drive), you must tell the system that *before* you put anything on the
disc.

Therefore, if you want your first drive to be raided, you need to tell the
installer that before you install the operating system on it.

If you attach a third 36GB drive to the system, then you would be able to
reconfigure the second and third drives to act as a RAID.

I think, however, you are stuck with either leaving it non-raided or
rebuilding the system from scratch as a RAID system... (Please somebody
correct me if I have that wrong.)

> btw - hell of a learning curve this Linux :-)
>
> Thanks
>
> Clive

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