Re: linux - newbie questions

[Dirk Bartley <bartleyd2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

will@complink.net wrote:
> 
> I just installed mandrake 6.5 on my system at work and am having
> a few problems figuring a couple things out.  I am hoping you guys
> can help me, I have been looking in the SAMS red hat unleased
> book, to no avail and am currently looking on the net for answers,
> but am not sure where to start.
> 
> 1st.    We want to eventually move to linux for our servers, but we
> need to test it for a while to make sure it will suit or needs, which I
> am sure it will.  I am having trouble setting up samba to use
> roaming profiles, where I can log onto any workstation and log onto
> the domain and have the drives mapped the same on all machines.
>  I have been told this is possible, but can't seem to figure out how
> to do it.
> 
I do not have Samba working as a PDC but have NT as a PDC at work
working with roaming profiles.  At home my /etc/smb.conf has the following
line remarked out
;  logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
try reading about this parameter in the manual.

> 2nd.    I am not even sure where to start to get proxy working.  I
> have the ppp connection working but cannot seem to figure out
> proxy.
> 

I hope this helps or at least gets someone else to tell me of a cleaner
method.

If you want to use a caching proxy server, use squid.  Thier web site 
is www.squid.nlar.net, you will probably be required to compile it.  
If you just want to allow multiple hosts on a lan use a single 
connetction to the internet use IPMasquerade.  It should be a loadable 
module or compiled into your kernel already.  I have two nic's in the server 
each connected to one other host.  I added the following lines to my rc.local.  
I am sure though I will get someone to mention how this method may not 
be the most secure.  The ipchains commands below deny access then allow
to my two internal hosts.  I use both of these methods at the same time
with no difficulties and change the connection properties of explorer and 
netscape to proxy or use the default gateway as I please.  My server uses
a modem connection to my ISP with diald, the dial on demand daemon.

/sbin/depmode -a
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_ftp
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_irc
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_cuseeme
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_vdolive
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_quake
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_user
/sbin/modprobe ip_masq_raudio
/sbin/modprobe eepro100
/sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.0.3/24 -j MASQ
/sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.3/24 -j MASQ

> 3rd.    How do you mount a volume on a netware 4.11 server.  I
> can't find any documentation on how to mount novell.  I think I can
> effectively mount everything else that exists now, just not novell for
> some reason.
> 
No expierience with this other than knowing support for mounting novell
shares may be compiled into the kernel.

> any help would be much appreciated to get me more familiar with
> linux and get this system running so my boss can see it going.
> Thanks in advance for any advice.
> 
> Will Trepanier
> will@complink.net

Regards and best of luck

Dirk Bartley