From aaeef92564b42e82831d61433b0911974af4d0d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: reppep Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 23:05:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Prettify shell server building docs. --- docs/shellserver.md | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/shellserver.md b/docs/shellserver.md index 54cf517..176bba7 100644 --- a/docs/shellserver.md +++ b/docs/shellserver.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# Setting up the tilde.club shell server +# Setting up the `tilde.club` shell server (user host) -We want to document the ins and outs of setting up the server, so that others who're interested can learn (and help!). +We want to document the ins and outs of setting up the server so others who are interested can learn (and help!). ## System setup @@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ This part is for @ftrain. ## Email -The default MTA on CentOS is `postfix`. Our goal was to have a localhost-only mail service, which required that we configure postfix to listen only to localhost, and to bounce any emails which local users try to send off-server. Both configuration changes are handled in `/etc/postfix/main.cf`. +The default MTA on CentOS is `postfix`. Our goal was to have a `localhost`-only mail service, which required that we configure `postfix` to listen only to `localhost`, and to bounce any email which local users try to send off-server. Both configuration changes are handled in `/etc/postfix/main.cf`. -* the `inet_interfaces` parameter should just be localhost (`inet_interfaces = localhost`) +* the `inet_interfaces` value should just be `localhost` (`inet_interfaces = localhost`) * the `default_transport` parameter should be the bounce message we want (so add `default_transport = error: outside mail is not deliverable` to the bottom of the file) -## Identd +## `identd` -If users are going to connect from their shell account to an IRC server, then it's *very* handy to have an identd server running. For us, that just meant installing the standard CentOS identd server, and then configuring it to startup automatically: +Users will connect from their shell account to an IRC server, so it is *very* handy to have an `identd` server. For us that just meant installing the standard CentOS `identd` server and configuring it to start automatically: ``` sudo apt-get install identd