So pleased to find people writing about this. I am bringing up a very small local web server - it will only be accessed by two or three machines on the same local ethernet. Scratching my head about how to set up the partitions, and in the end went for / and a separate /home partition only.
Is the consensus that this is fairly sensible?
While asking, would you all use Apache, or is it sensible to use one of the mini servers - boa or thttpd?
Peter
I usually run a separate /home but that's about it.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 01:32:55PM +0000, Peter wrote:
So pleased to find people writing about this. I am bringing up a very small local web server - it will only be accessed by two or three machines on the same local ethernet. Scratching my head about how to set up the partitions, and in the end went for / and a separate /home partition only.
Is the consensus that this is fairly sensible?
It's what I do too - so it must be sensible! :-)
I actually have enough space so that I actually have three partitions:-
/ Where everything installs /home Home directories which survive new installations /oldxyz The old installation of distrubution xyz
The /oldxyz enables me to go back to the previous installation if the new one is a total disaster and is also a useful reference for configuration.
While asking, would you all use Apache, or is it sensible to use one of the mini servers - boa or thttpd?
I have apache 2.0.x installed, it was very straightforward.
Hi Peter
On Tuesday 31 January 2006 13:32, Peter wrote:
While asking, would you all use Apache, or is it sensible to use one of the mini servers - boa or thttpd?
I would skip Apache for a local server, for low traffic, you hardly need the power of such a beast. On my tiny little network, I use Boa. It was fairly easy to install and configure. Supporting cgi as well as the usual http traffic, it serves my needs - From time to time, I open it up to the world and log a few Apache exploit attempts, even with these script kiddies trying to break the system, Boa copes quite well.
Regards, Paul.
Peter berriep@btinternet.com
While asking, would you all use Apache, or is it sensible to use one of the mini servers - boa or thttpd?
It depends. I'd tend to use boa on a home server, but if you need Apache, you probably should use it. Latest 2.0 are much improved.
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