Ubuntu

[NickCat11]

Haha..No NickCat, my security is always up to date

Daily backups don't mean squat if a trojan is running on your computer. I don't worry about losing anything, I mean there is almost nothing any scriptkiddy with a little woody and a trojan server on my computer could do to permanently lose/destroy my data.

It's my data being copied to a remote computer I would worry about. Not only pictures,

Most here know that no single AV is 100%... I typically have several, all configured to play nice together. I have VM's (WindowsXP & 7) that do any dirty work I need done. The computers I use for recovering data and working with customers data are not connected to the net.... I'm careful... but things happen. At least with Ubuntu about 99.8% of all malware is useless and ineffective.

Much lower risks.... the last 8 years of my life is on this computer!


beyond

I totally agree, I was just messing around anyway's

 

[BeyondIT]

I totally agree, I was just messing around anyway's

It's cool Nick


Good looking website BTW. How are you ranking in local search engines?

 

[Psychoticus]

I played around with a couple of distros like knoppix std, fedora 9 and upwards and ofcourse ubuntu, the thing i was interested in with the latest release was the 3d desktop but sadly i couldn't get my graphics card drivers to work with it, had to go into the bash and even then it still wouldn't work for me (and im no noob for command line interfaces) but definatly worth getting to know atleast and having a bit of a play around with.

 

[BryanLee]

Just installed Ubuntu 9.1 and I have to say that I am impressed with it so far. I have been using linux for years but Ubuntu has definitely made some serious progress since i played with it last. If I can get Dreamweaver going under wine or through some other means i may ditch windows altogether. I already have a copy of XP Home going through VM so i could always just install it that way if i had to.

 

[NickCat11]

It's cool Nick


Good looking website BTW. How are you ranking in local search engines?

Thanks! I am ranking pretty good. I am top 5 for most of my keywords so I'm not complaining

 

[jay c]

I've been playing with Ubuntu 9.1 off and on, but I am still a complete novice. Almost all my experience is with Windows. I'm thinking of installing an Ubuntu server for a client who needs to control access to a set of documents. They have a dozen workstation and no existing servers. Can I set up the Ubuntu Server to manage network logons similar to an AD domain? How difficult is it to set up file and folder permissions? Can I log all access to files within a single folder?

 

[purple_minion]

I've been playing with Ubuntu 9.1 off and on, but I am still a complete novice. Almost all my experience is with Windows. I'm thinking of installing an Ubuntu server for a client who needs to control access to a set of documents. They have a dozen workstation and no existing servers. Can I set up the Ubuntu Server to manage network logons similar to an AD domain? How difficult is it to set up file and folder permissions? Can I log all access to files within a single folder?

I personally haven't tried this, however there is a wealth of information out there if you google. There are also great linux forums which are specifically for linux users. Perhaps technibble has changed but in the past the linux section was so-so (no offense). I am currently reading a book called Pro Linux System Administration that covers RH and Ubuntu. I moved my server to Debian but it's similar enough. It's a new book as well. I know quite a bit of it already, but consider myself a novice as there is so much to learn. When you install Ubuntu install Webmin, it is wonderful to admin things like NFS shares, samba, etc.

And to answer you AD question, I've heard it's not quite up to par yet, but you may be able to setup network drives that autologin. Don't quote me though.

PS. Directory Services are called LDAP in the book, might give you a starting point.

 

[jay c]

Ubuntu.com has some info on setting up SAMBA to act as a domain controller. I don't need all the bells and whistles of AD, so this might work for me. Another question, though...

The instructions say to use the net command to map a unix group to the NT Domain Admins group. When I type in this command:

sudo net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Admins" unixgroup=sysadmin rid=512 type=d

I get

sudo: net: command not found

Do you know how I can install (or find) the net command?

P.S. If you're a novice, I don't want to know what I am. Thanks for your help!

 

[purple_minion]

Ubuntu.com has some info on setting up SAMBA to act as a domain controller. I don't need all the bells and whistles of AD, so this might work for me. Another question, though...

The instructions say to use the net command to map a unix group to the NT Domain Admins group. When I type in this command:

sudo net groupmap add ntgroup="Domain Admins" unixgroup=sysadmin rid=512 type=d

I get

sudo: net: command not found

Do you know how I can install (or find) the net command?

P.S. If you're a novice, I don't want to know what I am. Thanks for your help!

I believe they are referring to the net command on WINDOWS not linux. The most I've done with windows is "net use" for mapping drives. I have a few books on that too for windows servers, but that isn't my market right now (yet).

http://www.computerhope.com/nethlp.htm

(And perhaps I'm not a novice, maybe I'm just humble... but I KNOW there is a TON that I haven't a clue about on linux, but you google and read, look up man pages and learn. Compared to some people I know or hear on podcasts I'm a guru, but compared to Linus I'm nothing. )

 

[jay c]

They aren't talking about Windows. There's no "groupmap" option to the net command and you don't use sudo, rid, or type in Windows.

I should probably make an account on a Ubuntu forum. I have too many accounts in too many places.

 

[purple_minion]

They aren't talking about Windows. There's no "groupmap" option to the net command and you don't use sudo, rid, or type in Windows.

I should probably make an account on a Ubuntu forum. I have too many accounts in too many places.

First net groupadd on my machine pops up a usage so it is installed. Five minutes of googlings makes it seem it's part of samba. Are you sure samba is installed? I haven't done anything special on my machine. I found it under /usr/bin

For samba I have installed

root@susmilch:/usr/bin# dpkg -l | grep Samba
ii  libwbclient0                            2:3.4.5~dfsg-1               Samba winbind client library
ii  samba-common                            2:3.4.5~dfsg-1               common files used by both the Samba server and client
ii  samba-common-bin                        2:3.4.5~dfsg-1               common files used by both the Samba server and client
ii  samba-doc                               2:3.4.5~dfsg-1               Samba documentation
ii  smbfs                                   2:3.4.5~dfsg-1               Samba file system utilities
ii  swat                                    2:3.4.5~dfsg-1               Samba Web Administration Tool
ii  winbind                                 2:3.4.5~dfsg-1               Samba nameservice integration server

man net yields

DESCRIPTION
This tool is part of the samba(7) suite.

Sounds like you may not have it all installed... or you need to find it. Do a "find / -name net" I'd think it would work already being in your path. Try installing samba again, or check the ones I have installed and see if it works.

Once again I haven't gotten to domain controllers yet, but the command should be at least available. I assume in ubuntu you have all the extra repos enabled.

 

[jay c]

Thanks! I'll check my Samba install.

 

[jay c]

Woohoo! Yep. That was the problem. I installed some Samba updates and now I have a net command. Stay tuned for further whining and pleas for help.

 

[jay c]

...and it works! I have an NT/Samba domain controller with a single Windows XP member workstation.

 

[purple_minion]

...and it works! I have an NT/Samba domain controller with a single Windows XP member workstation.

Good to hear, doesn't sound that hard from your excitement level, or perhaps it was a battle that you won and are now elated.

 

[jay c]

It shouldn't have been that hard, but I'm really a Linux newbie.

 

[BigJohnJ]

LiveCd won't boot

Hello folks, I am in need of some expert advise on Ubuntu. I have downloaded Ubuntu lastest version but it will not boot as a live Cd. Also when the menu comes up where it ask me to run from cd it says I have to reboot. I click on the reboot now button but nothing happens. I am new to Linux so could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. BTW I am trying to load this on a older dell with only 512mb Ram.......Could this be an issue?

Thanks in advance for your help.

John

 

[Faust]

The RAM is not the issue, I would try to download a new copy of the Live CD as it sounds to me that the Live CD you are using is corrupted. I ran into this problem myself, I just redownloaded the ISO and burnt it to a CD and it worked fine.

Also be sure to check that the BIOS isn't preventing removable media booting, remember that CDs fall under this category too.

 

[tankman1989]

Hello folks, I am in need of some expert advise on Ubuntu. I have downloaded Ubuntu lastest version but it will not boot as a live Cd. Also when the menu comes up where it ask me to run from cd it says I have to reboot. I click on the reboot now button but nothing happens. I am new to Linux so could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. BTW I am trying to load this on a older dell with only 512mb Ram.......Could this be an issue?

Thanks in advance for your help.

John

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux! I mean that sincerely and sarcastically. Sometimes these things happen with Linux as they can be very finicky and temperamental on some hardware/machines.

For example, I had an old MSI motherboard which could never install Ubuntu but Fedora would install without any problem. I have other machines which will not run any form of Linux I have tried.

What model is the Dell? Is it an old dimensions? When you download the ISO make sure you are getting the correct one, which is the 386 version
http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download as the 64bit will most likely not work on your machine unless it is an old server.

Now, if the new download doesn't work then you are going to have to play around with BIOS settings and this is a little hard to direct without being in front of the machine.

If you cannot get it to install and you really want to try Linux out, I would suggest downloading Sun VirtualBox, which is a virtual machine server and installing it on your fastest PC with the most RAM. This software is free and open source and it allows you to create a virtual machine within your host OS. This virtual machine appears as any application window would and it is fully customizable. I find this easier than messing around with an old machine which may have faulty hardware or unsupported drivers.

Good luck and let us know how you are doing!

 

[BigJohnJ]

Thank you both for the replies. I will download a new copy of Ubuntu and try again. If that doesn't work then I will try the virtual route. This might take some time as I am just experimenting with this in my spare time. Again thanks to both of you for the advice. I will post back at a later date and let you know the outcome.

John