[ug-bosug] Introduction and Solaris Services help please

[Shivakumar GN]

Hi Harish,

A disclaimer: I am no sysad. I am familiar with Unix/Solaris environment as
a user/developer.


On 10/28/06, harry <unix at cs.unisa.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Hello BOSUG readers,
>
> I have got a daunting task a head of me, my boss walked to me and said I
> need the following Server setup within the end of next month (30-NOV-2006)
>
> And the project goes this way.
>
> I need to setup e-mail access to the internet via a shared connection
> ability to host our own website, DNS and E-mail. The server will also be
> our Authentication server for logging onto the network and host our
> files and act as a print server.


Setting up a DNS server should be easy
http://developers.sun.com/solaris/technotes/named.html


I must also design and configure the backup solution. I should also
> investigate the possibility of firstly backing up the clients on the
> network.


Flash Archive based backup is best for Solaris based systems. I would
recommend you to do a backup and then a restore to make sure you are
comfortable with the approach. (Check in docs.sun.com).
The server maybe setup as an NIS server and all other unix systems as NIS
clients so that the users can log into the system using the users created on
the NIS server.

The team who will be using this server would also like to the ability to
> store their mails on the server so they can access it from any pc on the
> LAN or even via webmail service. My e-mail solution should also provide
> Antivirus and spam checking


There are quite a few people on linux-india-help at lists.sourceforge.net well
versed with "sysad"/"setting up a server for such purposes" activities. You
may give it a try.


In all the above server task will be undertaken by one machine SUN x4100
>
> I have to setup the server with Solaris 10 as operating system, but it
> must be able to handle windows client.


Flash archive based backup doesnot(as yet) support zones. So, incase you use
zones, you'll need a different backup mechanism.

My first step is to document on how I will go about setting up each of
> this service and the software required.


Apart from the specific howtos, you might want to get inputs from other
sysads to get the right policy level information (backup/rescue,
authentication mechanisms, user management, security, etc).

regards
Shiv
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