Build your own server: Part 2

Originally Posted by Glider
Select Apache2

EDIT: you can recall that by doing

Code:

sudo dpkg --reconfigure phpmyadmin

Hi Glider....You did a wonderful job with these articles. I was looking for an alternative to Window$ Home $erver and you took me almost there. I am noobie to Linux but enjoy learning. Are you planning a part III?

Cheers

Originally Posted by iwekani
Hi Glider....You did a wonderful job with these articles. I was looking for an alternative to Window$ Home $erver and you took me almost there. I am noobie to Linux but enjoy learning. Are you planning a part III?

Cheers

I remember Glider saying that if you have ideas for a good subject, there might turn up an article about how to do it. He wasn't gonna make one by himself, if there wasn't the need for one. Just say what you are interested in knowing about, and he might look into it.

Originally Posted by curiouscat
I don't know if this issue has been addressed by a previous post but I couldn't find anything related after scrolling through the messages.

I've been using PuTTY and UltraVNC Viewer without any issues for a couple of months now. The only glitch I suffer from is when my Xubuntu box goes headless and I try connecting to it from other computers. UVNC viewer cannot seem to resolve the correct resolution from my Xubuntu box and keeps giving me only 640x480 (or the like).

One thing I've noticed is that when I temporarily attach a monitor to my Xubuntu box, UVNC viewer then defaults to the correct resolution. After the Xubuntu box reboots, however, the screen resolution glitch comes back.

I've tried newer versions of UltraVNC Viewer to no effect. Anyone have the same issues and/or have tips for this problem? Thanks and cheers!

I have this same problem too and would also like an answer if anyone knows. I also have a few other problems that if anyone knows how to solve I would appreciate:

1. I can't seem to set a static IP address up, anyone have any experience with this?
2. I haven't downloaded the no-ip package, because I wanted to try out the forwarding first. I got the forwarding on 2222 to work but when I try forwarding 80 to 12345 it doesn't work, do I need to have no-ip set up for the second forward to work?

As I have said before, I think the problem is related to the Xubuntu box itself, and has nothing to do with the ultravnc client.

Originally Posted by Millusdk
As I have said before, I think the problem is related to the Xubuntu box itself, and has nothing to do with the ultravnc client.

I would think two different boxes means that it is not box specific, but that is not my main concern as XFCE is too resource heavy to run on my box. I would like to get the ports forwarded correctly but the guide really doesn't apply for my router(Linksys) apparently so would appreciate any troubleshooting tips.

Well what I mean is that i belive that the problem is due to some standard settings in the Xubuntu sofware. What linksys router do you have? I have a linksys router myself, so mabye I can help.

Originally Posted by Millusdk
Well what I mean is that i belive that the problem is due to some standard settings in the Xubuntu sofware. What linksys router do you have? I have a linksys router myself, so mabye I can help.

I have a Linksys WRT54G version 6, with the latest firmware. I got port 2222 to forward, so if I link to http://probablyforever.serveblog.net:2222/ I can see some SSH and system information, forwarding 80 to 12345 isn't working though and I think it is because I am forwarding a range and not one to one. I can't find those settings though

finally got no-ip working but it is directing me to the apache-default "It works" screen any suggestions to fix this

Originally Posted by macky1911
finally got no-ip working but it is directing me to the apache-default "It works" screen any suggestions to fix this

Port Forward with your router, the link in the guide will most likely have instructions, unless it is my router...

i forwarded the ports and now i cannot connect to the server at all. If i leave off the :2222 then i get the it works screen. Checking from the server input localhost into the browser goes to the it works screen

Originally Posted by macky1911
i forwarded the ports and now i cannot connect to the server at all. If i leave off the :2222 then i get the it works screen. Checking from the server input localhost into the browser goes to the it works screen

Alright, can you still SSH in?

Which ports did you forward?

Yes, I can still SSH in. Not sure why but localhost always returns "It works" , instead of index for localhost.

I have a SMC 2804WBRv2 router and follwed the instructions to forward ports 2222 and 12345

Originally Posted by macky1911
Yes, I can still SSH in. Not sure why but localhost always returns "It works" , instead of index for localhost.

I have a SMC 2804WBRv2 router and follwed the instructions to forward ports 2222 and 12345

Well when you access from another machine it shouldn't be localhost it should be the ip address of the machine. Since you can SSH in you can still access the machine fine, the port forwarding just didn't work right. So undo what you did, visit portforward.com and find a guide.

Originally Posted by completemadness
Port Forward doesn't seem to have a guide for your router

http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/ZyXEL/660H-61/1st_SMTP_Server.htm
Does your routers page look like that?

If so, it appears your router wont let your forward external ports to different internal ones (ie, 22 has to goto 22)
Port triggering probably wont help, as i believe it requires your PC to trigger the port

For webmin you need to forward the appropriate port (it doesn't work off 80 or 443)
I believe the default port is 10000
However, again, i strongly recommend you don't open webmin up to the Internet, if you do make SURE you turn on SSL encryption, and NEVER use it from wireless

VNC also needs appropriate ports forwarded

From a previous entry this appears to be my problem with port forward, my router looks like this
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/SMC/2804WBRV2/Serious_Sam_The_Second_Encounter.htm
I will think about upgrading the router soon, but I am still not sure why when accessing localhost from my network it takes me to the apache2-default screen
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2007/06/build_your_own_server/torrentflux04.jpg

Are there any good guides for setting up azureus with the web plugin? I am a n00b so the more straight forward the better.

It shouldn't be harder then installing azureus (through Synaptic or apt) and enabling/configuring the webUI plugin?

you would think so but Synaptic has an older version and updating through CLI is still a bit new to me.

Both articles have been great, well written and easy to follow. In the future will there be a TFTP section?

any suggestions on what I can do to resolvemy localhost not showing the index and showing "it works"?

Create a 'index.html' file with 'IT WORKS' as a content in /var/www/ :D

I still do not get this screen at localhost
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2007/06/build_your_own_server/torrentflux03.jpg
i get his one everytime
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2007/06/build_your_own_server/torrentflux04.jpg
anything else for me to try.

You connected to htpp://localhost/apache2-default...

You should edit the vhost.

I am new to linux so what do i need edit vhost to

I've used this and the previous guide to set up a working server, but I have one hitch. I need to be able to transfer files to be used for the website (/var/www) from my PC (Windows XP), but I can't access this directory through samba and I don't have permission to it on WinSCP. I looked into using chmod or chown on the directory, but I didn't know what I was meddling with and didn't want to accidentally create a huge security hole. How can I make it so that I can access /var/www/ from SCP or Samba?

Thanks.

I have followed proftp script as follows. However when restarting I am getting the error which states :
Fatal: Unknown configuration directive 'AccessGrantMsg' on line 78 of '/etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf'

Below is a copy of my script.


#
# /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf -- This is a basic ProFTPD configuration file.
# To really apply changes reload proftpd after modifications.
#

ServerName "FTP Server"
Serverident on "FTP"
ServerType standalone
DeferWelcome off
TimesGMT off

MultilineRFC2228 on
DefaultServer on
ShowSymlinks on

TimeoutNoTransfer 600
TimeoutStalled 600
TimeoutIdle 1200

DisplayLogin welcome.msg
DisplayChdir .message true
ListOptions "-l"

DenyFilter \*.*/

AllowForeignAddress on
AllowRetrieveRestart on


Port 21
SocketBindTight on

PassivePorts 11000 20000

# to 30. If you need to allow more than 30 concurrent connections
# at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works
# in standalone mode, in inetd mode you should use an inetd server
# that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service
# (such as xinetd)
MaxInstances 30

# Set the user and group that the server normally runs at.
User nobody
Group nogroup

# Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new files and dirs
# (second parm) from being group and world writable.
Umask 022 022
# Normally, we want files to be overwriteable.
AllowOverwrite on

AllowForeignAddress on
AllowRetrieveRestart on
# Speed up the server ,no DNS lookups , just plain ip's. Turn off when bein$
UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off

DefaultRoot ~
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd.all ALL

DelayEngine off


<Anonymous ~ftp>
User ftp
Group nogroup
UserAlias anonymous ftp
DirFakeUser on ftp
DirFakeGroup on ftp
requireValidShell off
MaxClients 10
DisplayLogin welcome.msg
DisplayChdir .message
AcessGrantMsg "This is no place to screw around in."


MaxClientsPerHost 1

<Directory>
#DenyAll
TransferRate RETR 50
<Limit WRITE>
DenyAll
</Limit>
<Directory>
</Anonymous>

B Dauterive

In the comments of part one there was a replacement suggested on (page 5 of comments I believe) this by The Eclypse. After using it I had no further issues. Just change lines 1 and 3 as suggested.

/code

ServerName "YourServerName"
ServerType standalone
ServerIdent on "YourServerName"
DeferWelcome on
DefaultServer on

DisplayLogin .welcome # Textfile to display on login
DisplayConnect .connect # Textfile to display on connection
DisplayFirstChdir .firstchdir # Textfile to display on first changedir

UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off

Port 21
Umask 022
MaxInstances 15
MaxClientsPerHost 3 "Only %m connections per host allowed"
MaxClients 10 "Only %m total simultanious logins allowed"
MaxHostsPerUser 1

User nobody
Group nogroup

ScoreboardFile /var/log/scoreboard

# Some logging formats
LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"
LogFormat write "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"

# Define log-files to use
TransferLog /var/log/proftpd.xferlog
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd.access_log WRITE,READ write
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd.auth_log AUTH auth
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd.paranoid_log ALL default


AllowStoreRestart on
AllowRetrieveRestart on
RequireValidShell off
PathDenyFilter "\\.ftp)|\\.ht)[a-z]+$"
DefaultRoot /
DenyFilter \*.*/

ListOptions "" strict

/code