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* Installation Troubles
 
* Installation Troubles
 
* Yum Updates
 
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* Add Dag repository to SME 8 (Centos 5)
 
* Other popular repositories
 
 
* Removing Software
 
* Removing Software
 
* Hardware Compatibility List
 
* Hardware Compatibility List

Revision as of 00:33, 12 February 2013


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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
  • 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