<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Hi, Karl,     It's actually a couple of things.     I'm trying to set up a server in my house to be the file & print server,  to perform backups of the network to a large capacity drive or array, to provide me with a place where I can experiment with website development and actually test it locally before I push it to the server, and the web development will be done with Drupal at the earliest possibility.  Oh, yeah, some of that Linux server admin stuff, too.     See the message that came through from Charles this evening. Frank On 7/15/2010 9:35 PM, Karl Schuttler wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:AANLkTik_-_Ws5jPo9LSVvnXC2s_0VVUifttVhJUcN5b0@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hey Frank, what was the original question? You're trying to get some linux server administration skills? -Karl <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Frank Dolinar <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:frank.dolinar@comcast.net">frank.dolinar@comcast.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">To everyone at the meeting this evening. Thanks for patiently answering my questions. I found my server, right where I thought it should be, I just hadn't known how to access it. I realized on the way home that I didn't need to upgrade Ubuntu to try these steps and that they should work from v9.10, so I did them immediately upon arriving at home. 1.    openssh-server was already installed on the server in the basement 2.    ifconfig provided the IP address 3.    in my office (upstairs) both Linux & Mac OS X were able to "see" the server (verified by pings from both systems).  [Thanks, Marshall, for the nudge about vague questions.] 4.    I was able to login to the server from each of these machines. I'm not ignoring a try from Windows XP.  I have to restart the system with that OS to try.  I expect complete success there, too. So an additional thanks for all concerned since that's one problem I can cross off the list. (It's a relatively short list.  Probably no longer than the Roman Catholic Litany of the Saints.) Next question...  Now what do I do? Or, more specifically, what is a reasonable handful of tasks to try next to learn how to deal with this environment and to begin to do something useful.  Your idea of useful may vary from mine, but I'm interested in hearing from whoever has ideas. Thanks to all. Peace, Frank _______________________________________________ linux-user mailing list <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu" target="_blank">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user" target="_blank">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- *----------------------------------------------------------------* * Frank Dolinar <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:frank.dolinar@comcast.net">frank.dolinar@comcast.net</a> * * nanoSteps, LLC <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.nanosteps.net">www.nanosteps.net</a> * * PO Box 886 517.351.1899 * * East Lansing, MI 48826-0886 * *----------------------------------------------------------------* * Toward the future, one small step at a time. * *----------------------------------------------------------------* </pre> </body> </html>