Limit-Studios Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 Hi everyone, I have just recently purchased a Fedora Dedicated server and have Apache installed. However I am looking for recommendations on FTP server software, Email server software and DNS software and any other software you think I might need. Any suggestions on what you guys use would be great. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted November 7, 2007 Share Posted November 7, 2007 tried Postfix ? really works nicely. Exim is nice MTA Bind works nicely. what do you really want to do on this server ? if your needs are specific then more things can be recommended. BTW try to secure your server first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajiv.battula Posted November 27, 2007 Share Posted November 27, 2007 FTP server, my choice would be vsftpd. I agree with kyro on email and DNS servers, postfix is very easy to configure (if it is a simple setup) and bind is pretty much the standard. There is also djbdns, written by D. J. Bernstein, http://cr.yp.to/djbdns.html. I have installed and configured both bind and djbdns, and I have to say that djbdns was more difficult to configure. Also, following kryo's advice again, try to secure your server with SELinux (comes with Fedora) and the firewall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david23 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 FTP Proftpd Pureftpd Mail server Postfix Qmail DNS Bind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdog Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I use VSFTPD for FTP, BIND 9 for DNS, and Exim for mail. Of course apache for HTTP, unless you are wanting to do some high-performance rails apps, which in that case I would use mongrel/nginx or lightHTTPD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcguy87 Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 For ftp, I used to use VSFTPD, but if your looking to setup virtual accounts, pure-ftpd makes this really simple on fedora. You can have multiple virtual accounts use the same linux user account. There's plenty of tutorials. If you don't need virtual users, VSFTPD is probably the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sengork Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 SSH - But you probably already got that ;) Squid could be useful and NX/VNC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown1 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Im pretty sure you will already have an ftp server installed most likely proftpd, it really depends on what you plan on using your server for, but yeah like one previous post said i would look into securing your server first before you start doing anything with it, any standard setup is pretty well open to attacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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