New to Linux & Scalix

[Walden]

I'm very new to both Linux and Scalix. I was looking for an inexpensive yet powerful email system to deploy and that's where Scalix popped up. I snagged a scratch 'n dent server for a few bucks and popped in my FC4 installation. I'm burying my nose in books every night but I'm still coming up short on many things, so please excuse my simple questions.

I managed to start the installer, and ran into issues with the system check:

Environment check passed.
Filesystem check passed.
Network check failed - Could not find a host name in DNS that matches an IP address.
Network check failed - IP address associated host name 'localhost.localdomain' is 127.0.0.1'
Network check warning - network is configured for DHCP.
Network check failed - 127.0.0.1 line contains fully-qualified server hostname (localhost.localdomain) in /etc/hosts, please remove it.
Dependency check failed - Pllease resolve the following package confilicts and re-run the system checks: compat-libstdc++-296 is needed by scalix-server-10.0.1.3-1.fc4.i386. Libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is needed by scalis server 10.0.1.3-1.fc3.i386.
Running services check passed.

I'm happy to do my research, that's how I learn, but I'm lost as where to look for these things next. I've check the KnowledgeBase and Googled everything that I could. Even went to the library to get some books.

Any ideas what the network check and dependency check is telling me? If I could at least understand what the problem is I'd be well on my way to fixing it.

Thanks guys. Any help you can give or point me in the right direction is very much appreciated.

[ScalixSupport]

Hi Walden,

libc is part of your FC4 distribution, so you'll need to go back and install that first. You've also setup your server with DHCP. Since it is a server, you'll really want a nailed down IP address. So, you should assign it a hostname and IP address and then configure it so that your points to your DNS server for name service. Make sure that you configure the entry on your DNS server for both standard and reverse DNS lookups.

Thanks,
Rachel

[Walden]

Okay, I took care of the libc install. Thanks for that.

I have no idea what to do about the DNS. Does anyone know of a good article or website that might help explain this to me? Can't seem to find much.

Thanks!

[hagedorn]

Network check failed - Could not find a host name in DNS that matches an IP address:
nano /var/cache/bind/zonefile:

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yourhostname     IN A 192.168.0.10

Network check failed - IP address associated host name 'localhost.localdomain' is 127.0.0.1' :
nano /etc/hosts:

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# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
192.168.0.10           scalix.company.loc scalix
127.0.0.1               localhost


Network check warning - network is configured for DHCP.
nano /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:

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DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
IPADDR=192.168.0.10
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet

Dependency check failed:

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yum install compat-libstdc++-296  Libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3

Have fun