DTYtsejam24 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 whats a good linux distro to set up a file/ftp server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTYtsejam24 Posted September 27, 2006 Author Share Posted September 27, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stingwray Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macker Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 CentOS or go with OpenBSD if you know what your doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTYtsejam24 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 ubuntu claims to be good for servers http://www.ubuntu.orgI 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 why do you need X running if it is going to be a file/ftp server? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 becasue X makes it easy for someone who's new to linux/server comming for a windows system Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoyBoy Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 and X uses more power, so your server works as a space heater as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTYtsejam24 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Firewall or TCP Wrappers perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitch Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 1 hour learning. 5 minutes doing. Lifetime knowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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