ok...ultimate noob question...what is required to serve web pages from unix server?

[spewn]

my windows buddy is going to host website on a unix (woo hoo) box, but being windows, has no idea of what direction to head.

i, being web development, have limited knowledge, but told him this...

familiarize yourself with:
* apache for serving web pages
* squirrel mail for in/out mail handling
* perl modules and other scripting mods (php/python/etc.) for scripts
* plesk for user interaction with server
* install mysql (?)

i know this is 'no control panel' zone...so...anyway...

that's as far as my knowledge goes...what am i missing? hope someone can shed some light...this is interesting to me...

thanks.

- g

[DarktidesNET]

All you need is Apache. If you want to support scripting and such you'd need PHP/etc.

[Adam]

Remember that Squirrel Mail is only a web mail module and not a mail server of any sort.

[fastactionhosti]

I would recommend looking at Lindows...for starting out, it would present itself as very user-friendly (to those used to Windows) but with the stability of a Linux kernel.

You can download all the necessary modules for Apache and mailservers from their on-line warehouse.

Very easy to use.