SME Server:Documentation:FAQ

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This Section lists Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for SME 7. Problems many people run into installing SME 7 for the first time or upgrading to later versions are found here.

If your question isn't listed here, it's possible it's a Rarely Asked Question (RAQ), in which case you'll be better off searching for answers in Bugzilla.

Section 1 - Installation

• Installation Troubles
• Yum Updates
• Add dag repository to SME 7 (Centos 4)
• Add Dag repository to SME 8 (Centos 5)
• Other popular repositories
• Removing Software
• Hardware Compatibility List
• Client Computers
• Web Applications
• Reset the root and admin password
• File Size Limitations
• External DNS
• Domains
• Virus Scanning
• Proxy Pass
• Shell Access
• Upgrading Server
• Changing maximum Ibay, Account or Group name length
• Deletion of Users Ibays Groups
• Access denied to i-bay with newly created group
• Password Strength Checking
• Hard Drives, RAID's, USB Hard Drives
• Backups & Restores
• Supervised Services
• Server-Manager
• Booting with SMP kernel after upgrade to version 7.2 from CD
• Special Characters
• Upstream proxy server configuration
• Memory usage and limits

Section 2 - Booting

• Installation
• Boot Options
• More

Section 3 - Log Files

• Access
• Logfile Names
• Error Messages
• RK Hunter Messages

Section 4 - Email

• Troubleshooting
• Spam
• Anti Virus
• Email Clients
• Server Settings
• External Access
• Imap
• qpsmtpd
• Internal Mail Servers
• Secondary/Backup Mail Server Considerations
• User accounts

Section 5 - Firewall

• FAQs
• DB Settings
• Custom templates
• Open Ports in Private Server/Gateway Mode

Section 6 - MySQL

• General
• MySQL root password
• Access MySQL from the local network
• Access MySQL from a remote network
• Create MySQL user(s) with access from other computers
• Enable InnoDB engine
• Administration
• Optimizing MYSQL default settings

Section 7 - Later versions of applications

• Is xxx on SME Server still safe to run?
• Can I install a later version of xxx

Section 8 - Known Problems

• Backup/Restore
• Hardware
• Installation (not hardware related) & Initial Configuration
• Services
• Packages