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- 29/07/94 v3.0 README1: A LINUX-TO-DEMON-INTERNET CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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- CONFIGURING SLACKWARE LINUX FOR ACCESS TO DEMON INTERNET
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- 1A Introduction
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- This guide is valid for Slackware 2.3.0, 2.2.0 and 2.1.0. Earlier
- versions exist for Slackware 2.0.0 and 1.2.0. There are four packages:
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- * The BASE package explains how to configure Slackware Linux on a single
- machine, connected to the Internet via dial-up serial line to Demon
- Internet Services (DIS). It configures basic networking and e-mail.
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- * The CNEWS package describes how to obtain Usenet news using C News and
- slurp as your news transport agents, and nn as your news reader.
-
- * The INN package explains how to use INN for Usenet news, instead of
- C News. INN is a more modern news transport agent than C News and is
- gaining in popularity. You must choose to install either C News or
- INN, but not both. They will not work together.
-
- * The BIND package describes how to run a simple (optional) cache-only
- name server using the named daemon.
-
- You can run the unpack script to extract the files from each package
- you ask for. It will take care to preserve the correct ownership and
- permission for each file. Please run it as root to allow it to do this.
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- Start with the README in the BASE package. If you want Usenet news,
- continue with the README in either the INN package or the CNEWS package.
- If you want to run a cache-only name server, follow the README in the
- BIND package.
-
- This is not an installation manual so it does not give details of how to
- install Slackware Linux and its packages. It does give details of how
- to configure an installation for Internet access. It describes just one
- way of doing this. There are many alternatives, and further things that
- can be done to run the machine in the ways that suit you best. Following
- the READMEs should result in a basic but fully functional system. After
- that it's over to you.
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- 1B Further documentation
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- Lists are available of some of the problems with Slackware 2.2.0 and
- 2.3.0, and the simple fixes available. They are found on ftp.netcom.com
- in the files /pub/ze/zenon/linux/tmp/SimpleFixesXXX.
-
- A very fine reference work is the Linux Network Administrators' Guide by
- Olaf Kirch. I recommend this highly. It may be found on sunsite.unc.edu
- in directory /pub/Linux/docs/LDP/network-guide, and on other good Linux
- ftp sites. It is now also available as an O'Reilly book.
-
- The NET-2-HOWTO (also covering NET-3) is in /usr/doc/faq/howto in this
- distribution, with the Mail-HOWTO, News-HOWTO and a lot of other very
- useful documents. I assume here that you have installed, or will install
- the F series disks as recommended. There is much good material there.
-
- Alternative instructions for configuring Linux are available by ftp from
- ftp.demon.co.uk, in directory pub/linux/Demon, in file Demon.v3.4.tar.gz.
- This package presents different but equally valid ways of approaching
- certain configuration issues, such as news posting via nntp.
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- For further information, available documentation on Linux is listed in
- /pub/doc/os/linux.txt on ftp.demon.co.uk.
-
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- 1C Acknowledgments
- ------------------
- I have included in this package a binary of the program slurp 1.10 by
- Stephen Hebditch (steveh@tqmcomms.co.uk). Thanks are due to him. The
- source is available by ftp from ftp.demon.co.uk in /pub/news/slurp.
-
- A number of people provided inspiration, examples, criticism and other
- help. They include iab@dreamtim.demon.co.uk, karl@borg.demon.co.uk,
- jman@home.org and martin@pandora.demon.co.uk. My thanks go to them and
- to everyone else who has contributed.
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- 1D Copyright, errors and disclaimer
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- The INN package and unpack script are copyright 1995 Ivan A. Beveridge.
- Please read and respect his distribution policy.
-
- The file Modem.txt is the property of Demon Internet Ltd. I include it
- in the BASE package to help you in configuring your modem.
-
- The remaining material is copyright 1994-5 John A. Phillips. Reproduction
- and distribution of complete and unedited copies is allowed without prior
- permission of the author. You may quote short sections without asking.
-
- Error reports are welcome, as are suggestions for improvement. Please
- send them to john@linux.demon.co.uk.
-
- THIS MATERIAL IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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