Re: [LUG] School Wiki

[Paul Sutton <zen14920@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I have a few power cables lying around at home so I will have a look for 
you,  I also possibly have a few spare network cards,  Assuming you want 
CAT5, and not BNC, or token ring.   However I recommend the d-link 530tx 
or similar in that line as that works great with my system, which again 
I have here,  I do however need to test it as it may have died during an 
electrical storm a few years back and I never threw it away,  Just 
replaced,

I also have some spare network cable,  lying aroud,  essentially more 
cable than I have computers to connect too,   

In terms of setting things up,  I would do things one step at a time.

A few basic hints for apache.

on my debian system the apache set up config file is in
/etc/apache/httpd.conf

try typing http://10.0.0.3/ into your web browser, (where 10.0.0.3) is 
the ip address of your local computer,  (as I have a router, and hub 
each computer is allocated an address using DHCP.

documents go in
/var/www

There is lots of documentation, I have 2 books on apache, however they 
are on loan to a friend at portsmouth uni,  so should hopefully be 
getting them back over the summer sometime.   I have a book on teach 
yourself PHP MySQL and Apache in 24 hours by SAMS, (LAMP), which is 
recommended,  Not sure if a wiki uses MySQL, but could do for storing 
user details.  

If you need help finding a file try typing

locate filename

You could also try Neils site www.codehelp.co.uk and perhaps even view 
the source of the dcglug site,  to give you an idea on what the source 
code looks like if you get stuck. 

Above all DOCUMENT everything you do for later, reference,  including 
screen dumps, code etc,  that way when it's all working you can set up a 
similar system for other people,  

Hope this helps,  Good luck

Paul

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Tom Arrow wrote:

> Hi,
> As some some people know I'm gradually trying to convert my school to 
> Linux/open source. So far I have asked for one Linux box and got a 
> while without a disk and a lot of excuses about how every computer in 
> the school needed updating (or so it seems). Then I was reading a post 
> about having a wiki for school and thought I would build one for my 
> school. To save time I thought I would use an old box install Apache 
> then PHP 5 and mySQL and mediawiki then put it on a network at home 
> give the school its ip get it put on the schools homepage and then 
> wait until the technicians want to site it at school.
> First what do people think of that idea and any improvement 
> suggestions. Secondly does any one know where I can get a cheep 
> network card Ethernet cable and a power lead for a computer. Lastly 
> does any one have any idea how to set up a server with all this stuff 
> on and make it work.
> Thanks
>
> --
> Tom (the younger) 



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