[Wolves] help needed for charity using linux

[Old Dan]

Adam Sweet wrote:

> --- matt@understated.co.uk wrote: > 
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>>>Where are they? 
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>>Hull, Hull, glorious Hull.
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>>>Do you have any idea on   > what they're running
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>>on >the server?
>>No and they're not sure themselves! That's one of
>>the things they need help with. They need someone to
>>come in and audit their system to tell them what
>>they have and what it does.
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>Firstly I don't have the skills to help here otherwise
>I'd think about it. But there something that strikes
>me immediately. It's in Hull. Which means there are 3
>solutions.
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>1) Someone has to go up there. Difficult.
>2) Someone will have to phone/email them to tell them
>what to do to start an SSH server so that admin can be
>done remotely. Dicey game.
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Yeah I was thinking maybe SSH earlier - actually that may not be all 
that dicey - the server might well already be running sshd so I expect 
all we'd need would be what it's IP was plus the root password...

If the previous person who looked after the server knew what he/she was 
doing (and probably even if he/she didn't) I'd expect sshd to be there.  
At least we'd be able to find out what services/modules are running and 
what the hardware of the machine is.  That'd be a start, at least...

>3) There is a Hull LUG. www.hull.lug.org.uk Maybe they
>can help?
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>Whatever the case don't let them go buy a Windows 2003
>server when they already have Linux. I guess this is
>where the FUD becomes audible, when your Linux person
>has gone and you don't know what to do.
>
Sounds to me like they need a replacement for this person, stat.

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Dan