> Hi!
> Please help me with following:
>
> I work on a RH Linux 6.2 system and I need to configure it as follows:
> www.something.som
> ftp.something.som
> mail.something.som
I presume you're setting these names up for users to access your system
over the Internet, and that you have a fixed IP address.
>
> But. the big problem is:
> I don't have an internet eth connexion bu a dial-up one.
> I think I know how to manage ppp-up and down and chat stuff, but
> there is a big problem with setting up my dns server - name server.
You should ask your Internet Access Provider to arrange your primary and
secondary DNS servers. You should have two for redundancy, and you do not
want your clients to be slowed by fighting against the ftp and/or http
traffic through your modem.
You CAN have a caching DNS server on your box; it's a good idea, but not
essential.
> The problem is that I want to take my mail directly from my Internet account
> (mail only :-) to root (or a proper user) in my linux system. This means
If you're not concerned about security, you should be. Ask anyone who was
bitten by Melissa or ILOVEYOU.
Do not supposed it can't happen to Linux users; I tested kmail by sending
myself a shell script.
kmail attempted to run it; it only failed because it didn't give the
script execupte permissions.
Anyone at all capable of writing scripts could quickly put together one
which, if run as root, would repartition every drive on your system (with
/sbin/sfdisk) in about a second each. Of course, this wouldn't be much
fun, but the point is there is no practical limit to what such a script
might do.
If run as a mere user, its damage would be limited to files that user can
damage; serious enough, but not so serious.
The easiest way to have matching email addresses is to create an account
on your mox for maxx, and for you to configure sendmail to masquerade as
mail.dntis.ro.
I myself have my home LAN masquerade as os2.ami.com.au; you can easily
verify that's a real box, permanently connected to the Internet.
However, I don't see why you don't use [EMAIL PROTECTED], and have your
IAP add a sendmail alias to forward your other mail automatically.
> that I have to translate back and forth my real internet address
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to my local linux address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and to
> put there my right reply address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). I managed once to do
> that (with DNS-HowTo) and afterwards with linuxconf but that was something I
> couldn't repeat. And that fetchmail stuff... ohhhhhhhhh
fetchmail's not so difficult.
set daemon 300
set syslog
poll mail.dntis.ro proto POP3
user maxx pass turkeystew is mike here
fetchmail will run as a daemon, log to syslog, get you mail, wait five
minutes, get your mail again, wait...
> Also, please help me with that lo:1...lo:x stuff - it's a hard time there...
> If someone has enough free time to teach me this step by step, please reply
> to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Thanks a lot,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> "I am sure I deserve my enemies, but
> I can't believe I deserve my friends!"
> 2'nd after God
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