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Guide to configuring Slackware Linux for use with Demon Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Thu Aug 3 09:49:16 1995
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 1995 18:51:10 +0300
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
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From: john@linux.demon.co.uk (John Phillips)
Subject: Guide to configuring Slackware Linux for use with Demon Internet
Organization: JaleX
Guide to configuring Slackware Linux for use with Demon Internet
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The latest version of this guide (122133 bytes) is now available for
anonymous ftp from:
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/linux/Demon/slack2.3.help.tar.gz
This version 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:
* 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. It configures dial-up networking using dip and PPP
or (C)SLIP, with e-mail using sendmail, deliver and elm.
* The CNEWS package describes how to obtain Usenet news for off-line
reading 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.
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.
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.
My thanks go to Ivan Beveridge <iab@dreamtim.demon.co.uk> for allowing
me to include his INN configuration package, and to everyone else who
has helped in the preparation of the Guide.
Regards
John
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John Phillips john@linux.demon.co.uk 29th July 1995
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