tips and trix for trixbox

• Trixbox has dhcpd and atftpd
  • somehow easier to get going than on FreeBSD
  • Running commands from command line and not start as a standalone server
  • 80% of the way there

• set up masquarading
• set up relay host
• Another thing I wanted to do was have any mail that is generated on the Trixbox be forwarded to an email address I read.

make sure in /etc/postfix/main.cf you have the following:

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases

And in /etc/aliases have something that looks like this at the end:

[root@voip2 postfix]# tail -5 /etc/aliases
decode: root

# Person who should get root’s mail
#root: marc
root: monk@mydomain.net
[root@voip2 postfix]#

And then run ‘newaliases’. Otherwise, you’ll have to read up on Posfix and the virtual file.

• Receiving mail: This threw me for a loop. I was sure it was some firewall rule. But in order to open port 25 for incoming mail, you have to change the following in main.cf
  

  # RECEIVING MAIL

  # The inet_interfaces parameter specifies the network interface
  # addresses that this mail system receives mail on. By default,
  # the software claims all active interfaces on the machine. The
  # parameter also controls delivery of mail to user@[ip.address].
  #
  # See also the proxy_interfaces parameter, for network addresses that
  # are forwarded to us via a proxy or network address translator.
  #
  # Note: you need to stop/start Postfix when this parameter changes.
  #
  inet_interfaces = all
  #inet_interfaces = $myhostname
  #inet_interfaces = $myhostname, localhost
  #inet_interfaces = localhost

  By default, localhost is the selected open. By selecting “all” or the third one, you should be all set.

• root’s crontab:
  • 0 1 * * * /usr/bin/updatedb
• /var/log/asterisk/full not rotating.
  1. vi /etc/logrotate.d/asterisk
     1. Put the following at the end of the file:

        /var/log/asterisk/full {
        
             create 0640 asterisk asterisk
        
             monthly
        
             mail root@localhost
        
             missingok
        
             compress
        
             rotate 12
        
             sharedscripts
        
             postrotate
        
                   /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'logger reload' >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
        
             endscript
        
        }

• Installed Bind
  • named not starting at boot. Will need to investigate further.
• Installed samba
  • would like to see/hear VM left over/via the Tivo
  • To do!
• DST 2007 check
  • zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007
  • If you get the Mar 11 date, you’re OK.

None of this is guaranteed to work for you.