How To Build A Server?

[VampyreUK]

I am attempting phase out my Windows 2000 domain controller on my home network.

The machine is a Compaq Proliant 5000 with 512Mb memory, 4 x Pentium Pro 2000 CPU's and a RAID 5 25Gb Ultra SCSI array ... I have added a SiS 8Mb PCI video card, it's not good but it is far superior to the now disabled on board video.

I have installed SuSE 8.0 on it, selecting for no office apps, KDE and the network server option. What I want to do now is how to do the following:

* Set up some print queues: I have three printers:
- An HP 640C on a single printer HP Jet Direct Box.
- An Epson EPL-5700 Laser on port 1 of a three port Jet Direct Box
- An Epson 600 on port 2 of the same three port Jet Direct Box

* Set Up Samba to authorise (act similar to an NT domain controller), file & print sharing for Linux and Windows clients.

* Add an ISDN card & setup:
- Mail Proxy (preferably some kind of mail database accessible from both Outlook and a Linux mail client).
- Internet Proxy

* Finally add a raid controller (I gotta buy this but it will probably be a Promise ATA 133 Raid Card) and transfer my two 80Gb data drives to the new box.

Once that's done I should be able to decommission my Win2K server.

Note: it is necessary, in the short term at least, to maintain some compatibility with windows networks.

Are there any good resources for doing this?

[kZahradnik]

Loads of stuff on the Net...

First check out Samba - tons of docs out there as well. You can use it as an PDC for Windows Clients, for your shares, as your fileserver and printserver all in one.

Squid would be a good proxy, and Sendmail or exim in comination with fetchmail should meet your eMail needs.

regards
/klaus

[VampyreUK]

... I will check out the ones you mention :-)

[jkint]

AFAIK, samba still can't act as an AD DC. if you're on an NT4 domain, samba can emulate a PDC, but for win2k with AD, samba's still limited to member server status.

things may be changing with later versions of 3.x, though

if you're still looking to have the x.500 compliant directory structure within your domain, look into openLDAP.