I see.
Are there any other alternatives to web-based torrenting like TorrentFlux? It seems a bit peculiar to me that other big torrent clients haven't made similar services...

Azureus has a webUI plugin available.

Great. I love Azureus. I'll look into it.

Originally Posted by _SYC_
Hi I am using Xubantu version 7.10, codename Gutsy Gibbon. and don't seem to have the Samba application or the Open Office to remove, has anyone else come accross this?

I have the exact same problem. I've tried manually installing it through the CLI with "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install samba", but it says:

Package samba is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
smbclient samba-common
E: Package samba has no installation candidate

I'm a complete and utter linux noob, but I reckon with a bit of an initial push I'd be able to work my way through. In the course of the guide there's a few packages that need installing and I'd rather try and work out for myself how to get around any problems than annoy anyone here with something so trivial that must seem like telling a Windows noob what the Start button is for.

Ok, I've already solved my own problem. I hadn't set the repositories (Settings -> Repositories) to download content from the internet. Hope that helps, _SYC_ . You know, I'm actually really enjoying this linux stuff, I thought it'd scare the crap out of me, but I'm finding it surprisingly easy to pick up. Thanks a lot, Glider!

Edit: Ach! I've been following along with the guide, and I've come across the Putty connecting while UltraVNC does not problem. I thought I'd deal with that later as I'm not currently planning on running it headless until I get it set up entirely. Anyhow, the next step is yet another stumbling block. I've installed MySQL and PHPMyAdmin, with all the dependencies, but when I browse to http://localhost/ only the Apache folder is there. There is no PHPMyAdmin folder. I'm going to try un and re-installing both. Maybe I've gone wrong there. Still need a fix for the VNC though, I tried replaced the tilde with home/user but the problem still persists

Edit 2: The problem is still there. I've completely removed anything PHP and MySQL related and reinstalled them, but still no joy in getting a PHPMyAdmin folder to appear in my localhost dir. The Apache2 folder is there, and "It works", but PHP apparently does not. Can anyone help?

OK, Great Article!!!! I have tried and tried to get my VNC connection going and have failed miserably! I am new to linux so I am sure it is something I am missing... I have read throught all 15 pages and tried several of the things listed in previous post but, no luck. Could you please help. I could log in when I was logged in on the server but when I close my connection I can't log in. It tells me you need loopback connections so I enabled it and I can't seem to find the correct useraname and passwd. Please let me know what you need to see and I will do my best to follow. Thanks!

Well, I just installed ZoneAlarm (the free version) on my Windows XP, and now I can't connect with /home like I would through Samba. Is there some program or something that needs to be given access? I've never liked ZoneAlarm, but in Windows it's obviously neccessary. Help would be much appreciated!

EDIT: I've already added the server's IP address in Firewall -> Zones. No difference.

EDIT: I'm terribly sorry about the triple post. I forgot to click apply. Now it works perfectly. So to sum up:
If you're using ZoneAlarm (free version) and can't connect to your server though Samba, in the main window just click Firewall -> Zones -> Add (and enter the IP address of the server with a description) -> OK -> Apply.

Very nice article indeed. Has anyone tried PCLinuxOS Business Edition Server Basic? Iy seems to me that it will be easier to use it as a base!!! Just my opinion. If the members could take a look at it and give their opinion

Hi guys, first day working on Linux, like it so far. But Am having trouble with the VNC. More specifically the password part. I did what the article said (i think) and I am getting an error saying it cant find it.

Hu?

root@Server:/etc/samba# vncpasswd ~/.vnc/passwd
The program 'vncpasswd' can be found in the following packages:
 * vnc-common
 * vnc4-common
Try: apt-get install <selected package>
bash: vncpasswd: command not found

:(


What do I do now?

I installed proftpd on my laptop but for some reason there are just no GUI installed anywhere... 0.o

I don't quite get this article. It shows how to install apps but now how to use them or even configure them. Or am I that bad ? (or lazy)

I got it... Used

x11vnc -storepasswd

instead of

vncpasswd ~/.vnc/passwd

B)

Originally Posted by Hu?
I got it... Used

Code:

x11vnc -storepasswd

instead of

Code:

vncpasswd ~/.vnc/passwd

B)

Did you install x11VNC like glider said, maybe it didn’t add the pre-requiresits

Anyway, if it works :)

Originally Posted by Ghys
I installed proftpd on my laptop but for some reason there are just no GUI installed anywhere... 0.o

I don't quite get this article. It shows how to install apps but now how to use them or even configure them. Or am I that bad ? (or lazy)

ProFTPd is a sever (note the d at the end, like in daemon), so why would you even want a GUI?

The configuration is done through the file /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf, which I provided (and some others posted in this thread), so I think it's configured. To use an ftp server, you can just browse (from Windows) to ftp://<ip> or use a graphical client like SmartFTP.

Thanks for all the Linux tips Glider.

Question: I'm having trouble configuring the passwords for the Samba users. I enter smbpasswd -a deronius (or other user in the household) and it prompts me for the password. I enter it and then again but each time, it fails and says unable to update the account.

Do I need to add the users to the server in general such as usseradd deronius -m -G users before I can set the password for samba?

If that's not the answer, if anyone has any other trouble shooting tips for this, I'd appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance,
deronius

EDIT: My apologies, I see at the top of page 14 Glider indicates he did add them as users to the server first. Makes sense now but I was mired in setup and not thinking clearly. Can't wait to get home and try it...god I'm a nerd.

Originally Posted by deronius
Thanks for all the Linux tips Glider.

Question: I'm having trouble configuring the passwords for the Samba users. I enter smbpasswd -a deronius (or other user in the household) and it prompts me for the password. I enter it and then again but each time, it fails and says unable to update the account.

Do I need to add the users to the server in general such as usseradd deronius -m -G users before I can set the password for samba?

If that's not the answer, if anyone has any other trouble shooting tips for this, I'd appreciate the help.

Thanks in advance,
deronius

Yes, you need to add them to the system too. And once you added the user to the samba password backend, you can alter the password (for samba) by just issuing

smbpasswd <user>

nice guide!!!

Originally Posted by deronius
Question: I'm having trouble configuring the passwords for the Samba users. I enter smbpasswd -a deronius (or other user in the household) and it prompts me for the password. I enter it and then again but each time, it fails and says unable to update the account.

You will probably need to sudo it - unless your in a root shell (using sudo su -)

Does anyne know how to connect to Samba (from Windows XP) upon startup? Because if I want to conect I have to do it manually through Windows Explorer...

if you map it as a drive, there a tick box to reconnect at logon, (My Computer > Tools > Map network drive)

You have to save the password for the network

I don't think XP home edition allows you to save it (but I'm not 100%) and XP MCE definetly doesn't

I managed to install mine (after 3 days!!! of very little sleep....yes...i come from vista..) and very happy with my progress. but i've hit a road block. i managed to install everything find up until the torrentflux. I got phpmyadmin and mysql to work fine, set up root passwd fine, set up torrentflux fine. then when i try to access the tf director (//localhost/tf) i get this error:

Database error: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)

I've already change the config.php file db_pass to the root password. but it's still the same. i can access the phpmyadmin page fine and dandy. I reckon the message means that i either have the password wrong (which i don't cause i can access the phpmyadmin with root password just fine) or i did not enable password somewhere for the torrentflux database.

please help!!

Hey Glider, I'm having a few troubles again. It sometimes happens that I can't edit (move, delete, etc) the files on my tf root dir.

sudo chmod -R 777 <path>

again solves it, but it doesn't seem normal.. What can I do to make the command permanent?