Security. Ah, security. It’s the make or break for administrators on so many levels. For the Linux operating system you could go in so many directions with your security. You could go the graphical front-end and make life easy but lose some flexibility. Or you could go the far more challenging route and use the [...]

Tags: firewall, iptables, ubuntu server
Categories: Linux, Networks, Open Source, Security, Server, Tutorials Basic

You have your Ubuntu Server up and running (with the help of “Installing Ubuntu Server 9.04“) but you’re afraid you’ll run out of room on your drive. To solve this problem you have installed a new hard drive, but because this is a GUI-less server you do not have access to the user-friendly GUI tools [...]

Tags: ext3 file system, fstab, mount drives, new linux drive, ubuntu server
Categories: Advice, Hardware, Linux, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Advanced, software

Here we go again, building upon that rock solid Ubuntu Server installation. If you haven’t already done so, you should read the first article in this series (”Installing Ubuntu Server 9.04“). Once you’ve read that (and followed the steps), you are ready to go for installing one of the easiest to use and most reliable [...]

Tags: bug tracking, Mantis, ubuntu, ubuntu server
Categories: Advice, Linux, Mac, Open Source, Tutorials Advanced, Tutorials Basic, Windows, software, troubleshooting

So you now have your Ubuntu Server up and running with the help of “Installing Ubuntu Server 9.04” and you now have Samba working with the help of “Set up your new Ubuntu Server as a Samba Server“. Now it’s time to add ftp to the mix. Of course many people are of the mind [...]

Tags: anonymous ftp, ftp server, ubuntu server, vsftpd
Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Basic, software

Recently a friend requested I help him with an installation of Ubuntu Server. Since he was completely new to the process of installing Linux (and the topic is a winner anyway) I thought it would be smart to walk through the process of installing a Ubuntu Server, step by step, here on Ghacks.
Ubuntu Server is, [...]

Tags: install linux server, lamp server, ubuntu server, unbuntu 9.04
Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Server, Tutorials Basic

Are you one of those special geeks that think there is never TMI (too much information)? If that describes you then Nagios is the monitor for you. Once installed, Nagios will keep you busy with more information about your system than you ever thought possible. But it’s not just a matter of running apt-get install [...]

Tags: Linux, nagios, server monitoring, system monitoring, ubuntu, ubuntu server
Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Security, Server, The Web, Tutorials Advanced, software

If you have users that log into a server, or a desktop (for whatever reason) you might want to take advantage of the Linux Message Of The Day file. This file resides in the /etc directory and, when a user logs in, the contents of that file are displayed every time a user logs into [...]

Tags: Linux, log in message, message of the day, motd, ubuntu, ubuntu server
Categories: Advice, Linux, Polls, The Web, Tutorials Advanced, Windows