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This is a step by step guide showing you how to install Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop on VMWare workstation running on a Windows 7 Host, running an IT Support company in Bristol we find that being able to run Ubuntu on top of Windows 7 very handy for building & testing new Ubuntu virtual servers.
Download Ubuntu from http://www.ubuntu.com/download make sure you download the right version and the correct architecture (i686 / AMD64).
Open VMWare Player and select “Create New Virtual Machine”.
By default the root account on Ubuntu is disabled, you can login as root on Ubuntu or even enable root account on Ubuntu. I will explain below how to run commands as root and how to enable the root user on Ubuntu.
You can run root commands with root privileges by prefixing your commands with “sudo”. The example below shows you how to add a user using sudo.
sudo useradd dave
You will then be prompted to enter your password, enter the password for your user account (the same password you use to login to your ubuntu system).
Here is what your terminal output should look like.
Installing Firefox 5 is now part of the Official Ubuntu 11.04 repository so installing Firefox 5 on Ubuntu is as simple as updating your system.
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Once this has completed reopen Firefox and you should see a small migration wizard pop up for a second or two, after this click “Help” then “About Firefox” you should then be presented with the following:
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This guide explains how to secure your SSH Server on Ubuntu to help prevent unauthorised users (hackers) accessing your server.
You should already have an SSH Server installed and running if you don’t install one now with:
apt-get install ssh
Now before I start you maybe wondering “Who would want to break into my SSH Server?” the answer is more than likely a Bot. Bot’s scan subnets of boxes with high bandwidth or those on government ranges (to look cool on IRC when then have a reverse DNS with something like nasa.gov or .mod). Once the Bot has compromised your machine it is added to a large network of other compromised computers which is controlled by the “Hacker”, the machines are then “normally” used to DDOS other sites offline, if you can Imagen the power of say 1000 hacked servers with 100 Mbp connections to the internet bombarding TCP connections at another server on the Internet, the result is downtime. The web server is overloaded with requests and the server is rendered useless causing you frustration, money, time, pain and a possible sacking. So bottom line secure your SSH Server and any other services for that matter and make sure you keep your servers up to date!
have the job of planning the backup solution for our Ubuntu Linux servers the system needs to meet the following requirements:
