I have searched the net a lot to find a good tutorial on how to run my own server from my PC, but I couldn't find anything which goes in good detail about running servers and how to set them properly. I am pretty sure that many people use that kind of service so if it is possible for someone to post a good up to date tutorial me and many others will be very great full. The purpose of the server for me is to have my own website and to be able to experiment with php and if possible to be able to access my computer from other computers.

Thank you

its depend to what you want that server become eg
print server , storage server, webserver, dns server, etc etc

for me once its come to the server term, its customize installation to use only what is really need that machine to become as

i have dedicated dns server, dedicated webserver, dedicated mail server and dedicated storage server

FYI all my server are old type of hardware and do not think as i am rich man because all use dedicated

dns server i use slackware and others use centos . all of them no GUI , i mean fully text base and customized

for your pc probably you can use as storage server just need to install samba and prnt server go for cups

sorry my english

For me a would like to have web server. any help?

You generally have to find information on setting up each individual service. I.E. an Apache tutorial, a PHP tutorial, etc. You can find some good information by searching for LAMP (Linux, Apache, PHP, MySQL) also.
Your chosen method of firewall setup, network information, and security will be by each of your chosen tools.
If you are playing do the best you can and check your logs.
If it is "real site", good luck.

actually there is one on www.bit-tech.net that revolves around unbuntu but it was not much different than slackware. it has a tutroial for FTP, HTTP, and Mail (i think mail not sure though it has been a while) and that is what i used to set up my server (FTP).

Before you get started (unless this will be a local server not accessible from the internet), you should make sure your ISP allows running a server. A lot of ISPs will simply shut off your internet access if they detect a server (they often scan normalish ports looking for such things). You can of course circumvent this by running the server on a very high port that the ISP is unlikely to detect (they often only check common server ports), but this is probably against the terms of service and could get your internet service deactivated if discovered (plus, they will see a lot of uploading activity and may become suspicious). I have always wanted to run a server, but, although I haven't checked my ISP, I am almost positive they don't allow it (and since my ISP is a branch of a monopolist company that doesn't care about its users, I don't think promising them low bandwidth usage would do the trick).

Good luck though.

Thank you very much

Hi,
You could look at 'Linux Home Networking'.

This link was found at the 'Server' section within 'Slackware-Links' .