Dec 7th, 2009

FreeBSD Installation notes for DirectAdmin

FreeBSD Installation notes for DirectAdmin

If logging in as a user other than admin or root (using su to gain root access)

You have to add “AllowUsers username” to /etc/ssh/sshd_config before you can log out from root or you’ll lose root on the server forever, and you’ll have to format.

Hint: Use “fetch” instead of “wget” on FreeBSD systems to download the install file.

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Dec 6th, 2009

Softwares installed with DirectAdmin

Make sure you do not install services such as Apache, PHP, MySQL, Ftp, Sendmail, etc., as this is done by DirectAdmin. All that is needed is a CLEAN install of the operating system.

DirectAdmin Control Panel Software

Apache 1.3, 2.0, 2.2 Web Server
FrontPage 5.0.2.2510 Microsoft FrontPage™ Extensions (apache 1.3 only)
Php 4.4 and/or 5.2 Php Scripting Language (CLI, or suPhp(cgi))
PhpMyAdmin MySQL Database Manager
MySQL 4.1/5.0 MySQL Databases
Exim 4 Exim Mail Manager
Majordomo 1.94.5 Majordomo Mailing List Manager
vm-pop3d 1.1.7f POP3 Mail Manager
WU-IMAP Imap daemon (with virtual pop modifications)
Dovecot Install option to replace vm-pop3d/wu-imapd. Uses Maildir instead of mbox
Proftpd 1.3 FTP Server

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Dec 6th, 2009

Enable SpamAssassin on your DirectAdmin server

Enable SpamAssassin on your DirectAdmin server

To enable Spamassassin on your server, you need to first need to install it. Once installed a few minor changes are needed in your /etc/exim.conf file.

1) Install spamd and spamc:

cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts
./spam.sh

2) Start the spamd

/usr/bin/spamd -d -c -m 15

Source : http://directadmin.com

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Dec 6th, 2009

How to update your exim.conf in DirectAdmin

How to update your exim.conf in DirectAdmin

You can update your exim.conf by running the following as root:

wget -O /etc/exim.conf http://files.directadmin.com/services/exim.conf
wget -O /etc/exim.pl http://files.directadmin.com/services/exim.pl
chmod 755 /etc/exim.pl
cd /etc/virtual
touch blacklist_domains whitelist_from use_rbl_domains bad_sender_hosts blacklist_senders whitelist_domains whitelist_hosts whitelist_senders
echo 0 > limit
mkdir usage
chown mail:mail blacklist_domains whitelist_from use_rbl_domains bad_sender_hosts blacklist_senders whitelist_domains whitelist_hosts whitelist_senders limit usage

If you are running dovecot, you will need to re-patch your exim.conf:

patch -p0 < /usr/local/directadmin/customapache/exim.conf.dovecot.patch
patch -p0 < /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild/exim.conf.dovecot.patch

Then restart exim:

RedHat:

/sbin/service exim restart

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Dec 6th, 2009

DirectAdmin Mail System Setup

Simple Rules to follow to setup a Mail System

Hostname must not match any domain that is being used on the system. Example, if you have a domain called domain.com and you want to recieve mail on user@domain.com, you must *not* set your hostname to domain.com. We recommend using server.domain.com instead. You must make sure that you add the A record for server.domain.com so that it resolves.

For DirectAdmin

- The hostname must be in the /etc/virtual/domains file.
- The hostname must *not* be in the /etc/virtual/domainowners file.
- The hostname must resolve. If not, add the required A records to the dns zone such that it does.
- The directory /etc/virtual/hostname must exist.. (eg: /etc/virtual/server.domain.com). It must not contain any files
- Any domains that you want to use for email (eg: domain.com) must be in both the /etc/virtual/domains file and the /etc/virtual/domainowners file. The directory /etc/virtual/domain.com must exist and the files /etc/virtual/domain.com/passwd and /etc/virtual/domain.com/aliases exist.

- File permissions for virtual pop inboxes should be (not applicable with Dovecot/Maildir):

/var/spool/virtual/domain.com 770 username:mail
/var/spool/virtual/domain.com/* 660 username:mail

- Make sure that your main server IP has a reverse lookup on it.

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