centOS configuration suggestions

apena7apena7 Member Posts: 351
in Virtualization
Okay, I'm new to VMware (just bought Workstation last week with the academic discount ;)) and I'm also new to Linux. Just for grins, I want to configure centOS to be my home server and have my other VMs (openSUSE 11 and XP) authenticate. Nothing fancy really, I just want to gain some experience configuring servers and managing users. I found this article to be a promising start: The Perfect Server - CentOS 5.3 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2] | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Does anybody have any suggestions (i.e. choosing NIS or LDAP, enabling Kerberos, etc.)? How are your VM servers configured and why?
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  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    You'll get better responses about how to configure your Linux server in the Linux+ forum as your questions aren't specific to VMs.
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  • jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Also starting with NIS / LDAP and KERBEROS as a beginner might be a bit tough :)
    My own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com :p
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Wouldn't OpenLDAP be where he should start?
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  • apena7apena7 Member Posts: 351
    hmm....looks like I'm in over my head.
    I should probably get my hands on Windows Server 200x and start my virtual server adventures from there. Linux is an entirely different beast. I should focus on setting up a Windows server (a familiar environment) before setting up a Linux server (a new environment).
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  • jibbajabbajibbajabba Member Posts: 4,317 ■■■■■■■■□□
    dynamik wrote: »
    Wouldn't OpenLDAP be where he should start?

    Depends what he is after.
    My own knowledge base made public: http://open902.com :p
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    apena7 wrote: »
    hmm....looks like I'm in over my head.

    It's not a production network dude, dive in! It's the best way to learn icon_cool.gif
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