Fire up a recent web-browser such as Firefox 1.0 or Internet Explorer 6.0 and point it to http://openfiler-ip:446. The administrator username is "openfiler" and the default password is "password". It is recommended that you change the default password immediately after you login for the first time.

Openfiler is an Open Source NAS/SAN management distribution based on Linux. It is designed to be run as a standalone solution on industry standard x86, x64 and PPC64 systems. File-level protocols supported by Openfiler include HTTP, NFS, CIFS, WebDAV and FTP. Block level protocols supported include iSCSI initiator/target, FC initiator and upcoming FC target support.

You configure each section (numbered 1-10) by pointing DSpy to the proper directory on your network. By putting a shortcut to DSpy in your startup folder, it will start with your TSC client during every boot/login and automatically start tracking your TSC progress.

The free Open Source version of Openfiler does not support addition of users and groups to the local system. You must use a network directory authentication system such as Active Directory, Windows NT/2000 PDC or LDAP server. Voluna Software provides an Openfiler plugin that implements a directory server locally where you can add users and groups to the local system and not require any external network authentication directory server.

Openfiler has two support tracks. Community Support and Commercial Support. Community Support is driven by the Openfiler user community with direct input from the Openfiler development team. Commercial Support is provided by Voluna Software - a commercial entity setup for the purpose of marketing Openfiler and providing professional-level installation support and consulting services for Openfiler software.

Openfiler is a completely standalone software distribution. This means it loads up a complete Operating System and all the requisite software for its functionality at installation time. As management of the Openfiler system is done via a web-based interface, the only software required to administrate an Openfiler system is a recent web-browser such as Firefox 1.0 or Internet Explorer 6.0 with Javascript enabled.

Openfiler runs on any recent industry standard x86, x64 or OpenPower PPC64 system. Individual system components required include at least one network interface card, suitable storage space to create data shares on and export to clients. Openfiler support IDE, SATA, SCSI, SAS, and Fibre Channel storage.

Tfollowing are the critical configuration lines in your pinerc file. The folder collection syntax is specific to the version of IMAP that is running on SC - and would be unlikely to be guessed by a casual user. This info came from http://www.ii.com/internet/messaging/imap/isps/ Getting Eudora to read SpamCop mail using IMAP is straightforward. Adding Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption requires additional steps. The first step is to create a "personality" for SpamCop email.

The three files Radiotracker.exe (diff. outgoing TCP-ports), RSAutoTag.exe (outgoing TCP Port 80) and PodSpiderU.exe need access to the internet to work properly.

To configure the Outlook plugin, you should choose SpamBayes Manager from the SpamBayes button on the SpamBayes toolbar. If you use the POP3 proxy or IMAP filter, then simply open a browser window to http://localhost:8880, click on the configuration link on the top right of the page that opens up, and fill in the details. With the POP3 proxy, when you need to select local port numbers to proxy on, if you are only proxying one server, then try 110 first.

DenyHosts uses a simple configuration file. An example, denyhosts.cfg-dist is supplied in the distribution. This file should be copied to denyhosts.cfg and edited to match your system configuration.

What is RCF (rc.firewall)? RCF (AKA rc.firewall) is an ipchains-based firewall with support for over 50 network services (including vtun, DHCP, NFS, SMB, napster, proxies, online games, etc.), masquerading, port forwarding, and IP accounting. All services are self-contained modules which can be prioritized easily in the ipchains stack. Protections include spoofing, stuffed routing/masqerading, DoS, smurf attacks, outgoing port scans, and many more.

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No. Openfiler is a standalone Operating System distribution. It requires access to all system resources in order to function. Openfiler can however be installed in a virtual machine environment such as VMWare if virtualization is being used to partition a single powerful hardware resource into multiple server resources.

Openfiler uses the very powerful Linux ext3 filesystem. ext3 is a journaled filesystem that supports up to 8TiB on a single filesystem volume and provides online filesystem resizing (growing only) support.

Xinit Systems initiated the Openfiler project in 2001 and donated it to the Open Source community in 2003.

Voluna Software is a new commercial entity set-up by the instigators of the Openfiler project to provide commercial level support and consulting services for Openfiler installations. Voluna Software also actively develops enterprise level enhancements to Openfiler.

Openfiler, Xinit Systems and Voluna Software are in no way affiliated with Red Hat as an organisation.