linux distro for file/ftp server?

[DTYtsejam24]

whats a good linux distro to set up a file/ftp server?

[SomeoneE1se]

ubuntu claims to be good for servers http://www.ubuntu.org

I think debian is good but I've never used it for a server http://www.debian.org

if you want to play around this might work for you http://slampp.abangadek.com/wiki/HomePage

and for the required hak5ness http://www.freenas.org

[DTYtsejam24]

yeah i was thinkin ubuntu, and i tried freenas but i was havin network problems with it, it just wouldnt work so i figured id try something different

[stingwray]

Any of them.

Choose you linux distro on the features that it offers which are different from others. Some have security in mind som have usability in mind. Make your own decision up.

[VaKo]

Meh... FreeBSD all the way, works like a charm and is piss easy to setup. Won't take you more than an afternoon to setup.

[macker]

CentOS or go with OpenBSD if you know what your doing.

[cooper]

Go with OpenBSD regardless. Even if you don't know what you're doing you'll be better off (as it tends to err on the side of caution).

[PoyBoy]

SUSE is easy as piss after drinling a quart of water to setup

Its slightly more bloated than you after you drink the aforementiond quart of water, but thats not an issue for me

[DTYtsejam24]

ubuntu claims to be good for servers http://www.ubuntu.org

I think debian is good but I've never used it for a server http://www.debian.org

if you want to play around this might work for you http://slampp.abangadek.com/wiki/HomePage

and for the required hak5ness http://www.freenas.org

well i tried slampp but theres something up with the video and it wont run the xserver deaming it practically useless cause i cant install it to the hard drive with out a hastle

i got freenas running on it, but everytime i reboot the machine for some reason i cant access the webgui again, anybody else have this problem with freenas?

for referance the machine im running this on is a duron 800 mhz, everything but ethernet is integrated, and i put some linksys card i had laying around in it, and its got a 4 gig hard drive and im hooking a 200 gig external to it for the bulk of the storage.

[stitch]

why do you need X running if it is going to be a file/ftp server?

[SomeoneE1se]

becasue X makes it easy for someone who's new to linux/server comming for a windows system

[PoyBoy]

and X uses more power, so your server works as a space heater as well

[DTYtsejam24]

i want the x server, because it makes it a hell of alot easier to configure the thing, and im not wanting to spend 8 hours with a command line configuring the thing.

Id rathe use the freenas anyway, its easy enough to set up but i cant figure out why the webgui stops working when i reboot the machine. its still connected to the network and registering the ip cause i can ping my other box from there, so i dont know what it is.

[cooper]

Firewall or TCP Wrappers perhaps?

[stitch]

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