Bits Build your own server: Part 2

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.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

From a previous entry this appears to be my problem with port forward, my router looks like this
http://www.portforward.com/english/...804WBRV2/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/

 

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>