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Dropbox is so useful! Wouldn’t it be great to have that same convenience and function for your user account on your server, just like you have on your workstation? This has been tested on Ubuntu Lucid and Jaunty. This procedure will create a system with: Install a separate Dropbox client (daemon) for individual users If you need to communicate from your Ubuntu server to an FTP server that requires passive mode, there is a problem: your firewall likely blocks communication. Using an FTP client manually, you can probably connect with the server, but not list or transfer files! The reasons for this are straightforward, your system is operating exactly as it [...] See also: Securing an Ubuntu Server UFW community documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW UFW server documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/firewall.html UFW page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UncomplicatedFirewall Implementing a basic firewall on your Ubuntu server is simple. UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) is a simple configurator for Netfilter, the packet filtering system that is built into the Linux kernel. This will then filter IP packets that arrive at the server by port number. [...] The following is the same on recent Ubuntu releases, including Karmic Koala. What will not work There seems to be a problem if you install Net::Amazon::S3 from CPAN. This will not work: sudo cpan Net::Amazon::S3 Just about every dependency in the world installs, but fails in the home stretch when XML::LibXML::XPathContext and XML::LibXML fail to install. What will work sudo aptitude install [...] UPDATE: This port is obsolete, see: Passive Mode (PASV) FTP client on an Ubuntu server share [...] |
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