http://ubuntu.surfcali.com Ubuntu Server Notes Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:53:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Upgrading the Ubuntu Server, e.g. from version 8.04 to 8.10: Step 1. Make sure your current distribution is up-to-date. # sudo aptitude update # sudo aptitude upgrade # sudo aptitude dist-upgrade Step 2. Perform the upgrade! sudo aptitude install update-manager-core sudo do-release-upgrade http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2008/10/27/upgrade-ubuntu-server/ To display the current Ubuntu version, issue this command from the terminal: #lsb_release -a http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2008/10/27/display-ubuntu-version/ To change IP address, you'll need to edit /etc/network/interfaces #sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces 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 http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/28/change-ip-address/ #sudo passwd root #su http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/28/setup-admin-password/ The default configuration has "root" with no password. The following shows you how to lock down MySQL by assigning a password to root and creating a super user with all privileges for administration use. #sudo mysql -u root -p mysql> use mysql; mysql> select user, password, host from mysql.user; Secure root account. mysql> set password ... http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/28/secure-mysql/ #sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/28/install-phpmyadmin/ Install ProFTP #sudo apt-get install proftpd 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 ... http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/28/install-proftp/ Install PHP-5 GD Image Library #sudo apt-get install php5-gd Restart Apache after install #sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/28/install-php-5-gd-image-library/ #sudo apt-get install openssh-server http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/27/install-ssh-server/ #sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start #sudo /etc/init.d/mysql stop #sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart http://ubuntu.surfcali.com/2007/06/27/start-stop-mysql/