slackware 9.1 as a server

**big_k105** · 10-26-2003

i was wandering which packages i should install during installation. or would i be better off jst goin with a base install and then installing everything else i need as i go.

i dont know if you guys know which would be best but i thought i would ask and if you know what packages to install could you list the ones i should put on during the installation of slack. thanks. this is goin to be my web server that i will have apache, mysql, and sendmail running on. i will also be hosting MUDs prolly. thanks guys.

**Giro** · 10-26-2003

Normally for servers i do a minumal install and add packages as and when i need them. Ive always found this a good aproce Good Luck.

**jasonlambert** · 10-26-2003

Originally Posted by Ol Man

Normally for servers i do a minumal install and add packages as and when i need them. Ive always found this a good aproce Good Luck.

I totally agree, do a base/minimal install, all your core apps, eg apache, SSHD etc should be compiled from hand afterwards.

Jason

**big_k105** · 10-26-2003

alright thanks guys.

**Anonymous** · 11-12-2003

Heck, for anything having to do with servers or programming, i do a full install of all packages. Seems like less headaches to me. I have httpd,sendmail,ftp,telnet, and a game server i run all start at boot, and the load time is still minimal.

Why wouldn't ya want to install them all?

**big_k105** · 11-12-2003

well i decided to jst do a minimal install and then i can compile everything else so it will be more optimized to my system.

**jasonlambert** · 11-12-2003

Originally Posted by KnightMare

Heck, for anything having to do with servers or programming, i do a full install of all packages. Seems like less headaches to me. I have httpd,sendmail,ftp,telnet, and a game server i run all start at boot, and the load time is still minimal.

Why wouldn't ya want to install them all?

Sometimes the "default" install's are fine, BUT when installing from CD, it is highly likely that some of the packages are out of date, or have known security issues.

Also, sometime you need a particular application compiled with a particular switch or something extra enabled, or sometimes you want to make a mod to the code before you compile.

For example, I always make changes to the apache code to modify the "Server: " HTTP response line.

Jason

**Anonymous** · 11-13-2003

aint that in /etc/apache/httpd.conf ??

Reason i like to do full install's of Servers and all programming packages is so that i dont have to chase down dependancies later.

**Giro** · 11-13-2003

Originally Posted by KnightMare

aint that in /etc/apache/httpd.conf ??

Reason i like to do full install's of Servers and all programming packages is so that i dont have to chase down dependancies later.

If you use a proper distro you dont have problems with deps

And full install is wasteful. But i guess if you have the disk space and dont let uneeded services run.

**Anonymous** · 11-14-2003

Hmm, actually i got in the habit of doing that when i was trying out different distros,like Redhat,Mandrake, etc...

Now that i use Slackware, i probably dont need to do that anymore.
I have the following load at boot.

Httpd
Ftp
telnet
login
talk
ntalk
pop3
finger (actually this is a opps, thought i disabled that)

I think thats a full install aint it?

I use them all though, but i guess most people probably don't need all these. And of course, the more ports ya have open, the greater your security risk.

Hmm, i just made ya'lls point.... What was mine again?

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