Guides on how to administer an  SGI `Indy'

This page was written by Christopher Spry.

• Backup
• Backing up the system disk
• Setting up and configuration
  • Configuring Sundry advice for Indy administrators.
  • `inn' NNTP news server on IRIX 6.2
  • Installing Microsoft's `FrontPage Server Extensions' for Netscape's 'Communications' Server under IRIX 6.2 and Netscape's 'Fasttrack' Server under IRIX 6.5.
  • Installing Apache web server v 1.3.12, MySQL v 3.22.21, PHP v 3.0.16 and Microsoft's 'FrontPage2000 Server Extensions' on an Indy running IRIX 6.5.8
  • Installing the 'Samba' 'smb' server using the current version. Installing 'libdes' password encryption for earlier versions of `Samba'.
  • Installing POP and IMAP mail server on a SGI Indy under IRIX 6.5.
  • `ppp' connection to enable modem PPP phone connections, using an Hayes 28.8 modem.
  • Printer configuration: install Hewlett Packard 'LaserJet III' and Tektronix 'Phaser 740 Plus' printers.
  • How to ensure that your Indy shows the correct timezone: TimeZone in IRIX 6.*
  • How to ensure that your Indy shows the correct time: `ntpd' time correction on IRIX 6.5*
  • How to set up 'ssh1' and 'ssh2' on an Indy. These are secure replacements for 'telnet'.

• Using
• an IndyCam to send a picture to a WWW client
• non-system `man' pages: viewing and formatting

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© cspry@sghms.ac.uk. Department of Biochemistry & Immunology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK. Phone +44 20-8725 5819; fax +44 20-8725 5821. This page was last updated on 10 December 2001 11:27:05.