CentOS is a very popular Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a well known North American Enterprise Linux vendor. CentOS continues to gain popularity as Windows administrators move to Linux to save money and for the performance gains.
The screen application can be used to make sure users do not leave accounts logged in. You can set an automatic log out when an idle time has been reached.
This example of a minimal desktop shows how to manually create partitions using ext3 and ext4 for a server that has a minimal desktop for a graphical interface.
There are a lot of new options to explore in CentOS 6 during install, be sure that you have a basic understand of what the options are before you begin the installation.
The Haraka mail server is able to used common plugins like Spamassassin to enhance the features that it provides. Using Spamassassin with Haraka is easy to do and reduces the normal resources used by a mail server.
The firewall configuration on CentOS 6 has changed. This article shows how to add your own firewall rules to the configuration. CentOS 6 has more options with the firewall than previous versions.
The screen application can be used to make sure users do not leave accounts logged in. You can set an automatic log out when an idle time has been reached.
The Haraka mail server is able to used common plugins like Spamassassin to enhance the features that it provides. Using Spamassassin with Haraka is easy to do and reduces the normal resources used by a mail server.
