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Tiger Server OS Advice wanted Pls.
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Hi,
I run a Mac G5 dual 2.00 Mhz 1.5gb ram with a 2 Ghz Broadband connection with a variable IP address.
I wil be upgradeing to Tiger from Panther OS and would like to set up my G5 as a private server so that family and friends can use it from remote locations in the US and UK.
My Idea is so that we can all meet up and chat, send e-mails, put up web pages, store files and all the things that a regular ISP would provide.
My question then, is could I do this with Mac Tiger server software?
I would not say I was an expert on Mac OS, but I know a bit about it and could find my way around, approaching intermediate level maybe but with very little experience on server software.
All and any help and advice welcome.
TIA
Knightrider.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Surely you can do all those things without a server?
Why not use one person's webspace and share it between you for a website? You can share files by entering the IP address of the machine you wish to connect to (connect to server) and mount their volumes that way.
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Join Date: Apr 1999
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You can do most of those things without Tiger Server...however you can not setup your own iChat server without Tiger Server (at this point), but you can setup web directories, file shares, email server, etc.
I personally run server at home, for my wiring closet Mini to make it easy to handle, though I am relatively seasoned with Unix administration. Tiger Server wraps it all up and makes it GUified and easy to use...I don't want to be screwing around with configs at home. That being said, I am not sure if I would feel the same way if I had to drop $500 bucks for OS X server (I am a developer, I get a copy for free).
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by Knightrider
I run a Mac G5 dual 2.00 Mhz 1.5gb ram with a 2 Ghz Broadband connection with a variable IP address.
Wow, Apple made a dual 2.0 MHz Power Mac G5??? Wouldn't that be REALLY slow? 
Seriously though, you should be able to do what you want with the non-server version of the Mac OS.
Also, I would check your broadband provider's Terms of Service to make sure they don't prohibit you from running a server on their connection.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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If the expense doesn't bother you, Tiger Server provides everything you need, though I don't really see any reason to set up a chat server (even though it can, of course). Setting up a private chat on one of the existing chat services would work just as well. Pretty much all of them, to my recollection, have some kind of "chat room" feature. If you're willing to go through a little more trouble (downloading some third-party things), you could accomplish the same thing on the much cheaper nonserver version of Tiger. I set up my old iMac to test the proposed config for a new server at work, and had it running as an e-mail, FTP and Web server (complete with PHP and mySQL) without spending a dime.
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Join Date: Mar 2000
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Originally Posted by gmsmith
You can do most of those things without Tiger Server...however you can not setup your own iChat server without Tiger Server (at this point)
I'd be surprised if you couldn't set up a Jabber server on Panther client at this point in time... Whether it'd work with pre-Tiger iChat is another thing, of course 
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