Step 1. Make sure your current distribution is up-to-date.

1. # sudo aptitude update
2. # sudo aptitude upgrade
3. # sudo aptitude dist-upgrade

Step 2. Perform the upgrade!

1. sudo aptitude install update-manager-core
2. sudo do-release-upgrade

#lsb_release -a

For static IP addresses:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.250
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
gateway 192.68.0.1
broadcast 192.168.0.255

For dynamic IP addresses:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

#sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

#sudo mysql -u root -p

mysql> use mysql;
mysql> select user, password, host from mysql.user;

Secure root account.

mysql> set password for ‘root’@'localhost’ = password(’password’);
mysql> set password for ‘root’@'hostname’ = password(’password’);
mysql> set password for ‘root’@'127.0.1.1′ = password(’password’);
mysql> flush privileges;

Create superuser ‘admin’ with all privileges accessible from any host.

mysql> grant all privileges on *.* to ‘admin’@'%’ identified by ‘password’ with grant option;
mysql> flush privileges;

Assign no shell access to ftp user. Add to end of file.
#sudo vi /etc/shells

/bin/false

Create user called ‘userftp’ with no shell access with default directory of /var/www. This is the home directory of the web server.
#sudo useradd userftp -d /var/www -s /bin/false

Set password to ‘userftp.’
#sudo passwd userftp

Give read and write permissions to /var/www directory.
#sudo chmod 777 /var/www

To speed up login, add the following to proftpd.conf.
#sudo vi /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf

UseIPv6 off
ServerType standalone
UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off

Restart ProFTP
#sudo /etc/init.d/proftpd restart

Restart Apache after install
#sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart