[ubuntu-za] Fwd: Ubuntu Server

[Bill Cairns]

Hi Christiaan,

Thanks for your reply. As I said in my original post, I am stepping into
unknown territory here and appreciate all the help that I can get.

As I understand you, I need a host name in the FQDN format of
name.domain.local At the moment my host name is simply cairnmarsh. What
"domain" would I use?

I do have samba installed on the server and my Windows network is working
fine - I simply connect by typing \\cairnmarsh is the "run" window and it
connects.

I can also use PuTTy (both from Windows and my Linux desktop) to open a
terminal window on the server.

My other problem is simply how do I mount the server from desktop Linux? In
Windows I simply map the sever to a drive. (Although I still need to work
out how to get the Windows machine to do all that automatically).

Thanks,

Bill


On 4 January 2014 11:55, Christiaan Diedericks
<webmaster at thefanclub.co.za>wrote:

>  Hi Bill
>
> You have two main issues - your hostname setup is not correct and you need
> to install samba and ssh server before you will be able to ssh and share
> and rsync.
>
> Have a look at :
> http://www.thefanclub.co.za/how-to/how-setup-ubuntu-business-box-server-ubb-part-1
>
> See Step 3 - set the FQDN
>
> See Step 11 - setup samba
>
> and install SSH server : sudo apt-get install openssh-server openssl
>
> For Rsync on lan :
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/105848/rsync-between-two-computers-on-lan
>
> Enjoy
>
> Christiaan
>
>
> p.s - sorry for direct mail - for some reason the mailing list is not
> allowing me to send to the list and nobody at admin is responding to my
> support mails on the mailing list.
>
>  ------------------------------
>  CHRISTIAAN DIEDERICKS | www.thefanclub.co.za | info at thefanclub.co.za |
>
>  On 2014/01/04, 10:24 AM, Bill Cairns wrote:
>
> Forgive me if you have already received this ... I did not get a copy
> myself and have not had any replies and therefore suspect the original got
> lost in Cyberspace.
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bill Cairns <cairnsww at gmail.com>
> Date: 30 December 2013 09:13
> Subject: Ubuntu Server
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>
>    I have a brand new server on my home network (a good Christmas present
> that!) and have got it up and working using Ubuntu Server 12.04. Lots of
> things are working well, but I have run into a few things that I don't know
> how to handle.  I am sure that these are very basic questions and would
> appreciate a bit of patience as I struggle with some new concepts!
>
>  My first problem is that I can can connect to the server via PuTTY on SSH
> and by using Nautilus's "Connect to Server" only by using the IP address.
> (I have made it a static address so this is not a serious problem). Why
> does using the host name not work?
>
>  The second problem is that Nautilus gives me a window which gives me
> access to the file system on the server. But how do I access the files
> directly? Nautilus gives the location of the server file system as:
>
> sftp://biffmcdoo@10.0.0.5/
>
>  ("biffmcdoo" being the user name on the server).
>
> But I would like to use rsync to backup my files directly from my Ubuntu
> desktop. How can I address these files? It seems that the directory is
> mounted (Nautilus gives me the option of unmounting it), but where?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>    Bill
>
>
>
>
>
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