Well to get started and if its a home network I don't see what is the problem! I fully agree with you that installing it in a proper network is scary but just for testing at home to see which configs are getting changed I guess it can help him a bit :) If he wants to do it the right way I agree with you! but just to get a small kickstart I think its not that bad On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:06 AM, Raoul Snyman < raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:57:18 +0100, Matthew Pulis <mpulis at gmail.com> > wrote: > > you might want also to install webmin .. its very good to help you set up > a > > server using a gui interface .. i prefer config file editing but webmin > > helped me do the transition better ;) webmin is not an aptitude package > > however if im not mistaken you can download the debian and install it :) > > There's a reason Webmin isn't in the Ubuntu or Debian repositories: it's > very insecure. I don't recommend it at all. Rather stick to editing the > config files, it's not that dofficult. > > -- > Raoul Snyman, B.Tech IT (Software Engineering) > Saturn Laboratories > e: raoul.snyman at saturnlaboratories.co.za > w: http://www.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ > b: http://blog.saturnlaboratories.co.za/ > http://raoulsnyman.co.za/ > -- > > * * Please support the community that supports you. * * > http://evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > > For unsubscribe and other options, including the Tip Harvester > and archives of thelist go to: http://lists.evolt.org > Workers of the Web, evolt ! > -- Matthew Pulis URL : http://www.matthewpulis.info | http://www.solutions-lab.net MSN : pulis_matthew[@]hotmail.com ICQ : 145951110 Skype : solutions-lab.net