29/07/94 v3.0 README1: A LINUX-TO-DEMON-INTERNET CONFIGURATION GUIDE CONFIGURING SLACKWARE LINUX FOR ACCESS TO DEMON INTERNET ======================================================== 1A Introduction --------------- 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: * 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. * 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. 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. 1B Further documentation ------------------------ 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. For further information, available documentation on Linux is listed in /pub/doc/os/linux.txt on ftp.demon.co.uk. 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. 1D Copyright, errors and disclaimer ----------------------------------- 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. END OF README1