Here in will be the recipe needed to install a clean, effecient and viable build of Debian, NoCat and related apps to turn a NewCloneArmyBox into a powerfull node on the PTPnet

(These are rough notes taken by JeffWillard and DarrinEden from the actions of KeeganQuinn which will be hammered into a step by step recipe)

--- Conventions ---

• text surrounded by quotes " " are things you must type either at the prompt
  • or in response to a questions

--- The Debian Install ---

• at boot prompt: "bf24" (start 2.4 kernel vs. 2.2)
• select Language and keyboard
• hard disk (/dev/hda)
  • Create swap partition (128M)
  • Root partition --bootable (128Mb)
  • logic partition (.5 Gig)
  • 2nd logic (.5 Gig)
  • home (whatever is left over)

  • all FS type Linux exect swap which is linux swap

  • Init swap partition
  • init pri (ext3)
  • mount root filesystem

  • repeat above for var,usr,and home

• kernel install
  • configure device drivers
  • (devices/net)
  • nic (de4x5)
• configure network
• make system bootable --mbr
• reboot
• set time
• set root pwd
• remove pcmcia packages? yes
• atp configuration ---edit by hand

  • "deb http://http.us.debian.or/debian unstable main" per KeeganQuinn : using unstable means just that..if you have issues....take a 24hr breather and attempt again

  • no additional sources
  • no security updates
• run taskel? "no"
• deselect? "no"
• update configuration file? "yes"
• Configuring debconf
  • select Readline
  • select medium
  • don't touch keymap
  • system wide readible directories? "yes"
  • serial--autosave once
• upgrade glibc? "Y"
• update system? "yes"
• mail config? "5"
• mandb? "yes"
• rebuild database? "yes"
• erase any additional .deb files? "yes"
• "apt-get update"
• "apt-get install deborphan"
• "deborphan"

• "dbkp -P <all packages listed ---space in between>"

• "deborphan -a"

• "dpkg -P <all packages you don't want>"

• "deborphan -a"

  • repeat several times to ensure all packages are removed that you don't want

NoCat Setup

Here's the raw capture of the stuff I did to the second box. There's a little fu that didn't get captured in a vi session, but forthe most part...

• "clear"

• "/sbin/ifconfig -a"BR

  • {{{ eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:17:74:F6

    • inet addr:192.168.100.3 Bcast:192.168.100.255

      • Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1102 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:2 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:2948521 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:78364 (76.5 KiB) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe880

    eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:F8:04:F2:9F

    • BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback

    • inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) }}}

• "sudo su -"
  • {{{We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these two things:
    • #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type.
    Password:}}}
• "exit"
• "logout"
• "sudo -s"
• "clear"
• "apt-get install snmpd dnsmasq"
• "apt-get install perl make gnupg"
• "deborphan -a"
  • {{{main/admin sudo main/net ssh main/admin pciutils main/utils fileutils main/utils shellutils main/utils textutils main/utils gnupg main/net dnsmasq main/net snmpd main/base lilo main/net iptables main/devel make main/editors nvi main/admin deborphan}}}

• "lynx http://www.nocat.net"

  • Download the nightly build of NoCatAuth

  • exit lynx

• "tar xvfz NoCatAuth-nightly.tgz"

• "apt-get install wget"

• "wget http://rune.thebasement.org/~ice/tmp/stable-01.patch"

• "apt-get install patch"

• "patch -p1 < ../stable-01.patch"

• "vi /etc/kernel-img.conf"
  • {{{ do_symlinks = No do_initrd = Yes postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub do_bootloader = No}}}
• "apt-get install kernel-image-2.4-K6"
• "dpkg -P lilo"
• "apt-get install grub"
• "update-grub"
  • {{{Could not find /boot/grub/menu.lst file. Would you like /boot/grub/menu.lst generated for you? (y/N) "y" }}}
• "update-grub"
• reboot
• "uname -a"
• "sudo -s"
• "apt-get install ssmtp"
  • Automatically overwrite config files? "y"

  • Who gets mail for userids < 1000? "dje"

  • Name of your mailhub? "mail.personaltelco.net"
  • What domain to masquerade as? "personaltelco.net"
  • Allow override of From: line in email header? "y"
• "deborphan"
• "dpkg -P libident libpcre3"
• "deborphan"
• "make gateway"
  • {{{-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    • Congratulations!

    • NoCat gateway is installed. To start it, check /usr/local/nocat/nocat.conf, then run bin/gateway as root.

    • -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-}}}