NOTES ***This page is deprecated and doesn’t work with current versions of Samba. *** If you care to navigate the permissions and details, I am leaving the information about the Samba files and nightly backups below. With storage being so cheap now, using an online service like pCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud, or MS One…
Updated 2017-02, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Apache 2.4.18 and PHP 7.0.13. Go to the first page Apache2: Activating User Directories & Virtual Hosts and read the disclaimer. Thanks. Step 4 – Enable (Activate) PHP for User Directories There have been more than a couple searches leading here that are similar to “configure PHP virtual hosts”. There is a…
Updated 2017-02. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Apache 2.4.18, PHP 7.0.13, MySQL 5.7.17 Background These are my notes I use to get the MySQL server software setup on my development computer. I want to be able to work on the databases from the local computer as well as from other computers on a trusted LAN. MySQL Server…
Update 2017-02, Ubuntu 16.04. I still use this method for my home fileserver. Summary This page shows methods that can be used to partition a hard drive and add a second hard disk to a computer running Ubuntu linux. You MUST MAKE BACKUPS of any important files whenever you change the partitioning on a hard drive. You…
Updated 2017-02 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, FOR METHOD 1. Background To check and see the IP address assigned to your network interfaces at any point in the Unity desktop, right-click the network icon (up-down arrows, e.g.) and choose “Connection Information”. Or, in a terminal: me@myhost$ sudo ifconfig To see even more detailed information about your networking…
Updated 2017-02. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Summary This is a description of what I did to get linux-to-linux file sharing working on a home network where client computers get full access to files on the server without entering a username and password. This method does involve running a script once to mount (make available) the desired…
Summary This has been a very trouble-free printer for many years for both Windows and Linux computers. For some reason, the Ubuntu Linux install (Gnome) ALWAYS suggests the wrong driver. Once you manually switch it, you will get 2-sided printing and no problems. I am even seeing the ink level in Ubuntu Linux 22.04. Linux…
Updated: 2017-02. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Apache 2.4.18 and PHP 7.0.13. NOTE: In the default PHP Apache2 module configuration, you must enable PHP for user directories. Summary: Let the hacker beware (Disclaimer) These pages describes how I activated the public_html user directories to be served up by the Apache web server and set up virtual directories, meaning…