Ubuntu client-sever install

DarkKnight: hey can anyone tell me how to go about for a ubuntu client server install


Slart: DarkKnight: "ubuntu client server" ?? what kind of server?


DarkKnight: Slart; probably a file sever

Slart: DarkKnight: probably? you don't know?

DarkKnight: Slart; i m given the task 2 make a client server installation at my college computer lab....so i m not sure which one i have to use...you have any idea


DarkKnight: DarkKnight: then I guess you either already have been (or will be) given instructions regarding this..


DarkKnight: Slart; no...it was like i wanted linux to be in one of our labs...one main reason could be that i wanted to play around with server-client.....so it was my idea...


Slart: DarkKnight: then you had better ask yourself what kind of server/client setup you want


nibbler_: DarkKnight: setup a server, setup a client, connect, done


Slart: DarkKnight: try typing !samba here in the channel


nibbler_: DarkKnight: a server is a computer that can - for any reason - be connected by another one (the otherone being the client)



nibbler_: DarkKnight: can be hosting files (samba) offering a remotelogin (ssh (telnet)), or run games like quake etc



Slart: DarkKnight: sure.. webserver, samba server, ftp server, ssh server, quake server.. you can run all these, and more, at the same time if you want to


nibbler_: DarkKnight: database server with a database client connecting is just as client/server as it gets



DarkKnight: Slart; so now if i install web, database and samba, will it affect the performance, speed etc....


Slart: DarkKnight: just having them installed doesn't use many resources.. you can have 10 web sites up and running as long as noone is visiting them..


DarkKnight: Slart; the plan is like...only the sever will be connected to the internet...no client systems will access the internet unless approved by the admin...so how do u


Slart: !ics | DarkKnight

ubottu: DarkKnight: If you want to share the internet connection of your ubuntu machine with other machines in the network see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetConnectionSharing - You may also use !firestarter: http://www.fs-security.com/docs/connection-sharing.php

DarkKnight: Slart; well thank you buddy....you have helped me a lot


Slart: DarkKnight: you're welcome.. good luck with the computer lab





Simultaneously I was talking with Fazavon with whom I had a talk of printer's driver issues earlier


Fazavon: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202605

DarkKnight: hey thanxx...

Fazavon: np

DarkKnight: here its said abt a samba sever

DarkKnight: can u just tell me in brief whats this samba

Fazavon: file server

Fazavon: share files over many machines

DarkKnight: ohkk

DarkKnight: is it called file sever

Fazavon: http://us3.samba.org/samba/

DarkKnight: okk

DarkKnight: thank you buddy...you have helped me a lot

Fazavon: np anytime



Other sites that could be useful for a client server install:

https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/index.html

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu8.04-lts