Miminal installation for linux server / gateway

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From: Darren Mackay
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:00

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Hi,

After hour of playing around with RedHat 5.1, I thinks I have
mastered configuration of the following running on the one
machine:

   ip masq
   autodial to isp with ip-masq
   sendmail
   fetchmail
   samba
   wu-ftpd
   telnetd

However, I now want to make the machine more secure. What I would
like to do, it start with a fresh installation of RH 5.1, but
ONLY install the bare minimum to have the system running (the
above plus basic file utils and a text editor). I do not wish to
have a compiler on the system, as for the near future anyware, I
will trust the RPM will suit my needs for software installation.

When I try and install from the CD / FTP Archive, the smallest
installation I get is around 95MB.

Would anyone be kind enough to get me started as to how I can
make my installation with the bare minimum of files please?

Look forward to hearing from you,

Darren

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Subject: Miminal installation for linux server / gateway
Date: 1998/07/31
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