Ubuntu server 12.04
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Packages
As root, install the following (all are optional of course)...
# sort out 'sudo' (don't do this on a production server!) echo "attie ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers # use bash you idiot dpkg-reconfigure -plow dash # Xterm (always useful with Xming) apt-get install xterm x11-xserver-utils # install daemons apt-get install openssh-server smbpasswd attie # fix up SSH login speeds sed -re 's/^#?( *GSSAPIAuthentication ).*$/\1 no/' -i /etc/ssh/ssh_config -i /etc/ssh/sshd_config # install libraries apt-get install libncurses5-dev # install man pages apt-get install manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev # c++ toolchain and libraries apt-get install g++ g++-multilib libreadline6-dev # install ctags, cscope & vim apt-get install ctags cscope vim # install 32-bit libs and headers (if on a 64-bit host) apt-get install ia32-libs libc6-dev-i386 # install tools apt-get install apt-file python-software-properties apt-get install subversion git mercurial bzr tree minicom shed valgrind lzop screen uboot-mkimage ethtool htop p7zip-full # install dos2unix & unix2dos apt-get install tofrodos ln -s /usr/bin/fromdos /usr/bin/dos2unix ln -s /usr/bin/todos /usr/bin/unix2dos # install nfs apt-get install nfs-common # remove AppArmor /etc/init.d/apparmor stop update-rc.d -f apparmor remove apt-get remove apparmor apparmor-utils # install NTP apt-get install ntp ntpdate # sort out the 'ohh.. did you mean this?' dpkg -r command-not-found command-not-found-data # if you have just copied a 'fresh' VM, you'll want to clean out the udev network rules nano /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules # turn off the infuriating MOTD chmod 644 /etc/update-motd.d/* # install kernel headers apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) # install the java runtime environment and optional dev tools apt-get install openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jdk # turn off that stupid auto completion for 'mount' chmod 000 /etc/bash_completion.d/mount
Tidy up with:
apt-get autoremove
Services
The marks are for recommended installations, you don't have to listen to them ;)
Server | Development | Package |
---|---|---|
X | - | RPC bind |
X | X | Samba |
X | - | Apache |
X | - | * GitWeb |
X | - | MySQL |
X | - | DNS |
X | - | DHCP |
X | - | FTP |
X | - | NFS |
X | - | TFTP |
X | - | DynDNS Client |
X | - | APCupsd |
X | - | Mail Archiver |
X | - | GMail Backup |
Other
- /etc/passwd and relations
- bashrc
- Xresources
- gitconfig
- Gpg
- htoprc
- vimrc
- hgrc
- sshconfig
- Ubuntu_arm_toolchain
User Setup
Run the following as your user, e.g: attie
# generate an SSH keypair ssh-keygen # make a 'Downloads' directory mkdir ~/Downloads
Proxy Setup
cat >/etc/profile.d/proxy.sh <<"EOF" export http_proxy=http://10.1.1.1:8080/ export https_proxy=$http_proxy export ftp_proxy=$http_proxy EOF cat >>/etc/sudoers <<EOF Defaults env_keep="http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy" EOF
Set the Hostname
OLD_HOSTNAME=$(hostname) echo "${NEW_HOSTNAME}" > /etc/hostname hostname "${NEW_HOSTNAME}" sed -re "s/${OLD_HOSTNAME}/${NEW_HOSTNAME}/g" -i /etc/hosts
SSH Won't Connect?
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server /etc/init.d/ssh restart
Set the Time Zone
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Set the Time According to time.nist.gov
service ntp stop
ntpdate -s time.nist.gov
service ntp start
Using the Hardware Clock
Display RTC's Time
hwclock -r
Set the System Time to that of the RTC
hwclock -s
Set the RTC's time to that of the System
hwclock -w