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#2 Re: New Home Server Posted by GhostR (217.237.xx.xx) on Tue 11 Mar 2008 at 09:59 I just migrated our new Mail/Web server to xen and I also run a simillar server like you at home. I also though about virtualizing it. I put the dovecot and apache each in a seperate vm and I allow ssh on a non standard port to the host and scponly to the webmachine. For at home I plan on doing it almost the same way, in addition I thought about installing ubuntu or another etch with X for stuff like torrent. the only question what I came across is what to do with samba(or NFS), install it on the host (what would make sense to me, but for security not too good to run it on the host/router) or install it on seperate VM via lvm. I guess I will run it on the host. with the problem of having the same UID on each system, configure it on the dom0 then us steves xen-tools to install the VMs and sync the passwd files to the new created images with it. if you have many family members or friends, modify the login shells on the VMs or delete the users. Also thought about ldap, but to much work for at home, the only nice additional feature is you could use it for an Outlook and webmail adressbook for the mailserver. Toby

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