From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jan 27 17:19:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA01965 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 17:19:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA01924 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 17:19:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from kerouac.deepwell.com (kerouac.deepwell.com [207.212.140.2]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with ESMTP id QAA28365 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:46:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from dante.deepwell.com ([207.212.140.203]) by kerouac.deepwell.com (post.office MTA v2.0 0813 ID# 0-12198) with SMTP id AAA199 for ; Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:40:59 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970127164245.006b982c@deepwell.com> X-Sender: matt@deepwell.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 16:42:45 -0800 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Matt Eagleson Subject: WWW Server Tips Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am finally sick of my pathetic NT Webserver. I feel comfortable enough now with FreeBSD to move my Websites over to Apache. Even with my limited UNIX experience FreeBSD *HAS* to be more reliable than my often down NT server. I am writing in the hope that more experienced FreeBSD WebServer operators can give me some tips and pointers. I would like to be able to host about 2000 personal Web directories, and a few business sites. Some Questions: - Users should be able to FTP to their directories, but I don't want to allow shell access. What is the best way to set this up? Is a shell=/nonexistent adequate? - Do you think this hardware would be appropriate? Pentium Pro Tyan MB 64 megs EDO ram Quantum Fireball 2Gig scsi Seagate 1Gig scsi Adaptec 2940 Intel EtherExpress Pro/100b - What partitioning, and directory mounting strategy would you recommend with the drives stated above? - Also, I'm concerned about the 8 character limit on usernames. Is it safe to modify the username char limit on a machine that will be a webserver only? And if any wants to save me a trip to the list archives, how is this best done? Thanks in advance, as always, Matt Eagleson (Humble before the Gurus)