-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Like most here, Ubuntu is my personal choice for both a server and a workstation (and a close second for my music hobby). I used to use Debian quite extensively, but have since migrated to the K/Ubuntu camp. Under the hood things are pretty much the same as Debian, so a lot of the Debian strengths apply to Ubuntu as well.
I also keep my domain server separate from my file server, though initially they did reside on the same physical box (this was many years ago, before you could buy a D-Link or Linksys firewall/router, and before the explosion of worms et al.). Unlike Mitchell I never suggest FTP. The short short version is that you should stay away. Use SFTP/SCP instead which is based on SSH and is already a part of your Linux box. If your client machines are using Windows, WinSCP and FileZilla are both excellent and free choices for Windows. OSX has command line support out of the box, and there is one or two decent GUI apps, just use google. If this is a file server on a local network, I personally use Samba as it supports most OSs out there (my roommate's media PC is a Windows box, which works nearly as well as my Linux laptop and Linux media PC, both Kubuntu based incidentally). The following sites are generally very good resources for how-tos http://www.ubuntuguide.org http://www.howtoforge.com http://www.tldp.org The samba specific site, from the source: http://samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-Guide/ and the very excellent book based on the previous guide http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/item/books-978013188221/013188221X/Samba-3-By-Example-Practical-Exercises-To-Successful-Deploym?ref=Search+Books%3a+'John+H.+Terpstra' If you run into trouble, this list as well as our archives are a good resource, as are the following: http://www.linuxquestions.org http://www.google.ca/linux On another note, since there have been a few people with Samba questions/issues, this might make for a good workshop topic. David Brewerton wrote: > A general question from a Linux newbie. My goal is to set up a file > server with the hope that the same system could also be the host for > my own domain. Computer parts aren't a problem as I've got lots > hanging around, but I'm looking for a recommended hardware set up and > what version/distro of Linux would be best to use to do this. I've > got SUSE & Linspire already but am debating Ubuntu. > > David Brewerton > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF0PpuwRXgH3rKGfMRAtY9AJwPUzGoaIZgwoi9BlP9GIG7cPxcIQCfTLs8 qBSuWFW/x1zbKirPJh3mmUw= =x01j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
