Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 09:15:27 +0200 From: Sunny Dale <s.dale@gmx.net> To: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> Cc: Mark Filipak <filipak@earthlink.net>, Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@artlogix.com>, freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Are you sure? Message-ID: <3CBFC40F.9000904@gmx.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1020419020648.2103B-100000@localhost>
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Chris Hill wrote: >On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Mark Filipak wrote: > >>Peter Ulrich Kruppa breathlessly wrote: >> >>>So now: >>>People all around the world are waiting for news :-) >>> >>>What happened to you and your computer? >>> >>(...Well, it appears the Europeans have awakened as I, a first day >>newbie, have suddenly been flooded with FBSD-questions messages...) >> > >This is a pretty busy list; I get about 100 messages a day, more or >less. > >In a previous post, you had mentioned that > >>I need gateway + firewall + www server + mail + LAN server with 2 >>ethernet connections. I was told by a professional programmer friend >>in Sillycon Valley (my home until last year) that he could not get >>this configuration up and running. >> > >I have had this very configuration running for quite some time. It's >even under 3.3, which you had originally mentioned. (Why 3.3? because >that was the latest-n-greatest when the machine was last booted. :^) I'd >be happy to send you any config files you might need. BTW, I am *not* a >professional unix geek, just an EE who has programmed a microcontroller >or two back in the day. Let's not talk about IBM 360s and 370s :^) > >>One more thing about my quest for the perfect gateway + firewall + www >>server + mail + LAN server: GallantWEB has browser configurability -- >>that is, you create accounts and even apply patches through the >>browser's (http) interface. Does plain-vanilla FBSD have such a >>facility? >> > >There is a thing called WebMin which I *think* has this functionality; >never used it myself. It's not included in the plain-vanilla >distribution, but it's in the ports collection. > >[Side note: the ports collection really *is* the greatest thing since >sliced bread. If you wanted to install webmin, for example, it's a >three-step process: 1) cd /usr/ports/sysutils/webmin 2) make install 3) >have lunch, and then it will be done.] > >Finally, let me add my belated welcome to the chorus. > >-- >Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org >** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > is that really a good idea to install webmin on a firewall? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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