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| Keith Keller... |
 Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:34 pm |
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On 2009-10-12, Wanna-Be Sys Admin <sysadmin at (no spam) example.com> wrote:
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True, but consider that issue regarding any dist out there. No one
"new" to Linux should be running a publicly accessible web server.
I agree, but we don't set the rules for who may run a publicly
accessible web (or indeed any) server. :)
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| Unruh... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:49 pm |
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Wanna-Be Sys Admin <sysadmin at (no spam) example.com> writes:
Quote: Gabriel Knight wrote:
Hi all
what is the best operating system for a server?
it has to be able to be as a web server and use SSH (secure shell) and
used for backup of data.
I know of fedora11 and centos but I dont know of the best os to use.
Regards
GK
There is no best OS, any of the Linux dists can accomplish the exact
same things, especially in a server environment (runlevel 3). So, use
whatever you want. Personally, I use CentOS, but I also manage
hundreds of servers with CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, RHEL, and so on. Any
are fine, use the one you know best.
Note that they are all the same operating system (linux) If you want different
operating systems, BSD, FreeBSD, OSX, Vista,... are different operating systems.
As he says, any of the Linux distributions can do what the others can. Apache is
the web server, openSSH is the ssh server, rsync may be what you want for backup.
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| Wanna-Be Sys Admin... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:52 pm |
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Keith Keller wrote:
Quote: On 2009-10-12, Wanna-Be Sys Admin <sysadmin at (no spam) example.com> wrote:
True, but consider that issue regarding any dist out there. No one
"new" to Linux should be running a publicly accessible web server.
I agree, but we don't set the rules for who may run a publicly
accessible web (or indeed any) server. :)
--keith
Yeah, and the dist probably should be the easier to do more work for the
user in a safe, secure manner, over some other dists.
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| Wanna-Be Sys Admin... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:53 pm |
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Unruh wrote:
Quote: Wanna-Be Sys Admin <sysadmin at (no spam) example.com> writes:
Gabriel Knight wrote:
Hi all
what is the best operating system for a server?
it has to be able to be as a web server and use SSH (secure shell)
and used for backup of data.
I know of fedora11 and centos but I dont know of the best os to use.
Regards
GK
There is no best OS, any of the Linux dists can accomplish the exact
same things, especially in a server environment (runlevel 3). So, use
whatever you want. Personally, I use CentOS, but I also manage
hundreds of servers with CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, RHEL, and so on. Any
are fine, use the one you know best.
Note that they are all the same operating system (linux) If you want
different operating systems, BSD, FreeBSD, OSX, Vista,...
Yeah, I typed the reply too fast, and mentioned OS and dist in the same
sentence.
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different operating systems. As he says, any of the Linux
distributions can do what the others can. Apache is the web server,
openSSH is the ssh server, rsync may be what you want for backup.
Exactly, not much different on a web server, usually, so they should be
about equally good.
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| General Schvantzkoph... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:22 pm |
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:44:44 -0700, Wanna-Be Sys Admin wrote:
Quote: Keith Keller wrote:
Slackware == awesome
True.
However, I am not sure I would recommend Slackware to someone new to
linux for a public-facing server in a production environment.
True, but consider that issue regarding any dist out there. No one
"new" to Linux should be running a publicly accessible web server. If
it's not hooked up to the Internet, then it doesn't matter, but
otherwise it's something none of us want to think about.
I don't buy that. The default installations of Redhat (both RHEL and
Fedora) are very well secured, the firewall is closed up and SeLinux is
enabled. You have to have to explicitly enable services, open ports and
disable SeLinux. |
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| Philipp Pagel... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 4:38 am |
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Gabriel Knight <fakeemail at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Hi all
what is the best operating system for a server?
it has to be able to be as a web server and use SSH (secure shell) and used
for backup of data.
I know of fedora11 and centos but I dont know of the best os to use.
In my opinion, the best choice is whtever you (or the admin) are most
familiar with. That decreases the risk of overlooking important issues
or making bad mistakes configuring the server.
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| David Schwartz... |
| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:02 am |
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On Oct 12, 2:22 pm, General Schvantzkoph <schvantzk... at (no spam) yahoo.com>
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Quote: I don't buy that. The default installations of Redhat (both RHEL and
Fedora) are very well secured, the firewall is closed up and SeLinux is
enabled. You have to have to explicitly enable services, open ports and
disable SeLinux.
That kind of proves the point. The first thing somebody would have to
do to get such an installation to work is mess with those security
settings -- settings they don't understand.
DS |
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