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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 You can create your own daemon in Perl to do whatever is needed. [...] If you have been running Google Chrome Beta on Ubuntu, you can now upgrade to stable! Mmm, stable, just like the cool kids. Open a Terminal and type in the following commands: sudo aptitude remove google-chrome-beta Your settings will be preserved. share [...] 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 [...] Security is relative. Will these steps make your server “secure”? Sort of. It will be more secure than it was before. And more secure than most servers. Your server will not be “low hanging fruit”. Security is an on-going process. It includes settings, practices and procedures. Make it your business to regularly read about security and [...] So, you use the command line. And, you’d like to look at a command’s manual page. Wouldn’t it be handy to open the page into another window, nicely formatted, all typeset and neat? That is exactly what this little script will do. I keep my personal scripts and executables in ~/bin (the bin directory inside my home directory). [...] This lists packages added after Ubuntu was installed. When I upgrade from one version of Ubuntu to another, I do a fresh install. I have a procedure on my personal wiki with all of the steps to move in. Part of that is restoring data from backup, Part is restoring or recreating configuration files. But what about software [...] Debian’s aptitude command is, according to their documentation, the preferred program for package management. I use Ubuntu for my work machine and servers and have found aptitude to be easy to understand and use, as well as reliable. see also: Aptitude vs Apt-get Comparison Unlike apt-get, aptitude offers a full-screen (or full-window more likely) mode that can be [...] see also: Interactive, Full Screen Aptitude One of the many attractive features of Ubuntu and Debian Linux is the package management system. Coming from other operating systems and other distributions makes the discovery of the Advanced Packaging Tool, APT, a source of pleasure and delight. Here is a system that solves dependency hell, makes keeping soft up [...] 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. [...] |
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