Hi,

I am very new to the linux , i got fascinated with the performance and the output that i got from linux.

I have a simple question which everyone might have asked here.

I have just installed ubuntu server 9.10

Now i wish to make it my mail server and proxy server along with my web server can i.

The config of the macgine is PIV 512MB ram, 80Gb HDD.

The enviroment that we have is.

We have 2 diff isp in the workplace, 1 is the main link and the other is a failover link.

At present we use wingate which has the facility for the same.

My question is because i am not so used to command is there a GUI based proxy server for linux which is same or similar like wingate or winproxy.

can anyone please guide me on how to setup all these so that i can learn and then start spreading the linux into everyones mind so that we are not bugged i with ms....

I went through many sites but got confused where people where talking about dsguardian or squid etc etc

Awaiting your response

Hello and welcome to LinuxQuestions,

Have a look at Webmin. It provides a webinterface to configure a lot of things in Linux. There also are modules for Squid and SquidGuard. The installation is pretty easy and should be up and running in no time. Have fun with Linux.

Kind regards,

Eric

Thanks eric for your quick response.

I have done the following. if you can help and teach me would be very grateful

I have installed Ubuntu server edition 9.10 done the installation as per the following http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...10-ispconfig-3

But while installation i have selected the following
lamp server
mail server
tomcat server
open ssh server

Should i install the GUI for linux i.e xfce (xUbuntu)

or should i follow this steps
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/3171.html to install webadmin.

Also like i mentioned i we already have a linux mail server based in canada, which will remain but would like to have a copy here means all my mails sent and recd would be stored here as well as on the main server is that possible, if yes should i install the satelitte or something else in the configration ?

I guess more questions would turn up and i hope ur not bugged with my lack of knowledge.

Regards,

Ganapathy

Hello,

If you're learning Linux and really want to learn then I would not install the GUI, you learn a lot more working on the command line. If you don't feel at comfort with the command line then you can install the GUI, but it will take up resources and disk space. Webmin will give you plenty of GUI functionality for your means. I don't have a GUI installed on any of our servers.

So just go ahead with installation of webmin.

The mail server is a problem for further down the road, just take it one step at the time to avoid confusion. And nobody here at LQ will be 'bugged' for 'lack of knowledge'. We're here to help you so that you acquire knowledge.

Kind regards,

Eric

Thanks eric for quick response again

i shall go step by step as mentioned by you. i have no problems going through the command prompt if i can learn.

Being new was scared to use the command prompt.

Will configure the server now for webadmin do my reasearch and get back to you on the same.

Hello,

No problem. You don't have to be scared of the command line. Just read the man pages
carefully when in doubt and you should be good. I you really have questions about a command you can look it up on the internet or ask here at LQ.

Kind regards,

Eric

i reformated the entire machine and started the setup all again, during the setup where it ask for the proxy setting i entered the wrong ip address how do i edit the proxy settings command and steps please

i tried this vi /etc/apt/apt.conf edited teh information but still its not working.

we use a wingate proxy and the IP is 198.168.0.8 and port 80 no username or password

i have fixed the problem and my system has started the update proesss

Hi eric

i am trying to install webmin but there seems to be some problem, i am behing a proxy and everythinbg is working fine except for wget .

wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb

but it gives me msg

Initializing package states... Done
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 92 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

root@minfo-linux:~# aptitude install webmin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done
No candidate version found for webmin
No candidate version found for webmin
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 92 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Writing extended state information... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information
Initializing package states... Done

root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
--2010-04-11 22:09:47-- http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
Resolving www.webmin.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `www.webmin.com'
root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
--2010-04-11 22:10:39-- http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb
Resolving www.webmin.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `www.webmin.com'
root@minfo-linux:~# wget
wget: missing URL
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Try `wget --help' for more options.
root@minfo-linux:~# wget --help
GNU Wget 1.11.4, a non-interactive network retriever.
Usage: wget [OPTION]... [URL]...

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Startup:
-V, --version display the version of Wget and exit.
-h, --help print this help.
-b, --background go to background after startup.
-e, --execute=COMMAND execute a `.wgetrc'-style command.

Logging and input file:
-o, --output-file=FILE log messages to FILE.
-a, --append-output=FILE append messages to FILE.
-d, --debug print lots of debugging information.
-q, --quiet quiet (no output).
-v, --verbose be verbose (this is the default).
-nv, --no-verbose turn off verboseness, without being quiet.
-i, --input-file=FILE download URLs found in FILE.
-F, --force-html treat input file as HTML.
-B, --base=URL prepends URL to relative links in -F -i file.

Download:
-t, --tries=NUMBER set number of retries to NUMBER (0 unlimits).
--retry-connrefused retry even if connection is refused.
-O, --output-document=FILE write documents to FILE.
-nc, --no-clobber skip downloads that would download to
existing files.
-c, --continue resume getting a partially-downloaded file.
--progress=TYPE select progress gauge type.
-N, --timestamping don't re-retrieve files unless newer than
local.
-S, --server-response print server response.
--spider don't download anything.
-T, --timeout=SECONDS set all timeout values to SECONDS.
--dns-timeout=SECS set the DNS lookup timeout to SECS.
--connect-timeout=SECS set the connect timeout to SECS.
--read-timeout=SECS set the read timeout to SECS.
-w, --wait=SECONDS wait SECONDS between retrievals.
--waitretry=SECONDS wait 1..SECONDS between retries of a retrieval.
--random-wait wait from 0...2*WAIT secs between retrievals.
--no-proxy explicitly turn off proxy.
-Q, --quota=NUMBER set retrieval quota to NUMBER.
--bind-address=ADDRESS bind to ADDRESS (hostname or IP) on local host.
--limit-rate=RATE limit download rate to RATE.
--no-dns-cache disable caching DNS lookups.
--restrict-file-names=OS restrict chars in file names to ones OS allows.
--ignore-case ignore case when matching files/directories.
-4, --inet4-only connect only to IPv4 addresses.
-6, --inet6-only connect only to IPv6 addresses.
--prefer-family=FAMILY connect first to addresses of specified family,
one of IPv6, IPv4, or none.
--user=USER set both ftp and http user to USER.
--password=PASS set both ftp and http password to PASS.

Directories:
-nd, --no-directories don't create directories.
-x, --force-directories force creation of directories.
-nH, --no-host-directories don't create host directories.
--protocol-directories use protocol name in directories.
-P, --directory-prefix=PREFIX save files to PREFIX/...
--cut-dirs=NUMBER ignore NUMBER remote directory components.

HTTP options:
--http-user=USER set http user to USER.
--http-password=PASS set http password to PASS.
--no-cache disallow server-cached data.
-E, --html-extension save HTML documents with `.html' extension.
--ignore-length ignore `Content-Length' header field.
--header=STRING insert STRING among the headers.
--max-redirect maximum redirections allowed per page.
--proxy-user=USER set USER as proxy username.
--proxy-password=PASS set PASS as proxy password.
--referer=URL include `Referer: URL' header in HTTP request.
--save-headers save the HTTP headers to file.
-U, --user-agent=AGENT identify as AGENT instead of Wget/VERSION.
--no-http-keep-alive disable HTTP keep-alive (persistent connections).
--no-cookies don't use cookies.
--load-cookies=FILE load cookies from FILE before session.
--save-cookies=FILE save cookies to FILE after session.
--keep-session-cookies load and save session (non-permanent) cookies.
--post-data=STRING use the POST method; send STRING as the data.
--post-file=FILE use the POST method; send contents of FILE.
--content-disposition honor the Content-Disposition header when
choosing local file names (EXPERIMENTAL).
--auth-no-challenge Send Basic HTTP authentication information
without first waiting for the server's
challenge.

HTTPS (SSL/TLS) options:
--secure-protocol=PR choose secure protocol, one of auto, SSLv2,
SSLv3, and TLSv1.
--no-check-certificate don't validate the server's certificate.
--certificate=FILE client certificate file.
--certificate-type=TYPE client certificate type, PEM or DER.
--private-key=FILE private key file.
--private-key-type=TYPE private key type, PEM or DER.
--ca-certificate=FILE file with the bundle of CA's.
--ca-directory=DIR directory where hash list of CA's is stored.
--random-file=FILE file with random data for seeding the SSL PRNG.
--egd-file=FILE file naming the EGD socket with random data.

FTP options:
--ftp-user=USER set ftp user to USER.
--ftp-password=PASS set ftp password to PASS.
--no-remove-listing don't remove `.listing' files.
--no-glob turn off FTP file name globbing.
--no-passive-ftp disable the "passive" transfer mode.
--retr-symlinks when recursing, get linked-to files (not dir).
--preserve-permissions preserve remote file permissions.

Recursive download:
-r, --recursive specify recursive download.
-l, --level=NUMBER maximum recursion depth (inf or 0 for infinite).
--delete-after delete files locally after downloading them.
-k, --convert-links make links in downloaded HTML point to local files.
-K, --backup-converted before converting file X, back up as X.orig.
-m, --mirror shortcut for -N -r -l inf --no-remove-listing.
-p, --page-requisites get all images, etc. needed to display HTML page.
--strict-comments turn on strict (SGML) handling of HTML comments.

Recursive accept/reject:
-A, --accept=LIST comma-separated list of accepted extensions.
-R, --reject=LIST comma-separated list of rejected extensions.
-D, --domains=LIST comma-separated list of accepted domains.
--exclude-domains=LIST comma-separated list of rejected domains.
--follow-ftp follow FTP links from HTML documents.
--follow-tags=LIST comma-separated list of followed HTML tags.
--ignore-tags=LIST comma-separated list of ignored HTML tags.
-H, --span-hosts go to foreign hosts when recursive.
-L, --relative follow relative links only.
-I, --include-directories=LIST list of allowed directories.
-X, --exclude-directories=LIST list of excluded directories.
-np, --no-parent don't ascend to the parent directory.

Mail bug reports and suggestions to <bug-wget@gnu.org>.
root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb:80
--2010-04-11 22:11:12-- http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb:80
Resolving www.webmin.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `www.webmin.com'
root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://www.webmin.com:80/download/deb/webmin-current.deb:80
--2010-04-11 22:11:23-- http://www.webmin.com/download/deb/webmin-current.deb:80
Resolving www.webmin.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `www.webmin.com'
root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://www.webmin.com:21/download/deb/webmin-current.deb:80
--2010-04-11 22:11:30-- http://www.webmin.com:21/download/deb/webmin-current.deb:80
Resolving www.webmin.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `www.webmin.com'
root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.490_all.deb
--2010-04-11 22:12:53-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.490_all.deb
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `prdownloads.sourceforge.net'
root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.490_all.deb
--2010-04-11 22:12:55-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.490_all.deb
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `prdownloads.sourceforge.net'
root@minfo-linux:~# wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.490_all.deb
--2010-04-11 22:12:57-- http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.490_all.deb
Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution.
wget: unable to resolve host address `prdownloads.sourceforge.net'
root@minfo-linux:~#

can you please help

I tried everything from wget to curl but its working.

can you please suggest me how do i share my linux harddisk with other windows zp machine so that i can download the file on my desktop and then transfer it.

i tried to install ftp i.e pureftpd but even that i not alllowing me to login

Hi,

Can you try with the following? First export the http_proxy variable and next run the wget command:
Let us know if it works out.

Kind regards,

Eric

eric once again thank you.

i have sucessfully installed webmin on my new ubuntu server

what i did was downloaded the tz package manually to my windows machine, webserver and used the wget command to transfer the file and then i unziped the same into a directory and installed.

i have also now installed samba server and still not able to share the files and directory in order to support the same.

what next should i do. ??

Regards

Ganapathy