this is not the most secure way to build a webserver, but it is extremly easy and quick and reasonably secure.

and yeah I install X on the server and use vnc occasionally في حاجة؟!!!

installing a mandrake server

• minimal install
• if not minimal clean rpm-leaves
• define sources
• upgrade
• install ssh-server ssh-clients
• install rsync
• install bash completion
• install dtach
• install mc
• install emacs
• install drakwizard drakconf
• install xinetd
• install shorewall
• fix hosts.allow
• make useraccount, add user to adm, wheel, rpm, xgrp, ntools, ctools
• msec 4
• override msec
• set up shorewall
• make ssh keys
• fix ssh config
• switch to ssh-xinetd
• install drakwizard
• install tightvnc-server, xauth, xorg-x11-75dpi-fonts, rxvt
• install pekwm
• pekwm menu file
• run vncserver
• edit ~/.pekwm/menu
• install mysql
• copy mysql config file
• change mysql root password
• install phpMyAdmin
• apache wizard
• install php, php-cli, php-imap, php-apc, php-mysql, php-ldap, php-mbstring, ph p-pear
• install imagemagick, exif
• install cvs
• drakauth
• ldap wizard
• intsall postfix, cyrus-sasl,libsasl2-plug-plain, libsasl2-plug-login
• install and configure postfix
• install and configure dovecot
• tweak apache config
• set apache virtual hosts
• set http file permissions
• configure drakbackup
• install rdate
• time sync cron job
• drupal cron job
• drakxservices
• rpm-leaves again