Linux servers

[a-pluspc]

Does anyone here run X on a linux server? Is it worth using the extra memory for ease of configuring or is it better to just stick with consoles on a server?

[fac3less]

well..

remote desktop..

sort of. :)

I like console anyways..

[a-pluspc]

I like consoles too but I'm having a *#$%$# of a time configuring it to be a login server and share user directories. I **hope** that maybe gnmoe or KDE might have some easier methods of doing it.

[gaustin]

What kind of issues are you having?

[a-pluspc]

Just trying to get it to authenticate users and share the user accounts (/home/user) to the workstations.

[-rAz-]

Have 1 main server and have everyone telnet it ?

Use Samba for server directory access ?

Actually dunno wot yer trying to do hehe

[gaustin]

I say...run a samba server on the linux box for simple directory access and cmd line access. Setup a telnet server(with ssh) for more advanced cmd line access if needed.

Also you probably want a firewall in front of the server.

Oh yeah, specifics are really great. Please help us help you.

[a-pluspc]

Well I don't really know any specifics. I'm not a networking retard or anything... except maybe with linux.

I have 2 firewalls in place so I'm not concerned with security at this time.

While running a Win2k server it was fairly easy to make it authenticate users and give them access to a user folder on the server itself.

This is what I'm trying to do with it. The question in this thread however was just to see it anyone ran X on a server and what they thought of the performance issues vs ease of configuring.

[gaustin]

What I'm saying is it's pretty easy with Linux too.

XFree86/X11 are pretty high performance and don't take many resources. KDE/Gnome tend to hog resources(still less than 2k). If you feel uncomfortable with the shell then get a lightweight window manager like BlackBox/FluxBox/OpenBox etc.

For a personal server it's really not going to matter much unless the server is sub Pentium.

Then go to http://www.freshmeat.net/ and there are more server admin tools than you can shake at.