The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache, is one of the most widely used web servers around the world. It provides many powerful features, including dynamically loadable …
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The Apache HTTP Server, commonly referred to as Apache, is one of the most widely used web servers around the world. It provides many powerful features, including dynamically loadable …
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AppArmor is a great tool to secure and protect your Ubuntu and Debian systems. It could, however, be a little bit restrictive and cause unnecessary problems in some situations. …
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Installing programs using apt or Ubuntu Software in Ubuntu and other Debian derivatives will copy the binaries and configuration files to the intended locations. However, uninstalling with these tools will …
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Folder sharing in is made possible by the Samba implementation of SMB protocol. SMB or Server Message Block is a protocol mainly used for file sharing between network computers, though they can also be used for printing and IPC (inter-process communication)
To enable folder sharing in Ubuntu, you need to first open the Nautilus file browser. To do this, click on the Places → Home Folder from the menu.
From there, right-click on the folder to be shared and choose the Sharing Options
You’ll come to the Folder Sharing window.
To enable sharing of the folder, click on the 'Share this folder‘s checkbox.
If you’re doing this for the first time, you’ll be prompted to install the necessary services. In this case, it’s the Samba’s server. Click on the Install service to continue
The system will download and install the required packages for you. This might take a few minutes.
Once done, you’ll be notified by the following window. Click the Close button to continue.
GNOME session need to be restarted before sharing can really be enabled. Click on the Restart session to continue. You might need to save all your work before clicking the button though.
Once the session resumes, proceed to the first few steps of enabling the folder sharing. Choose the folder to share in the file browser, and tick on the Share folder checkbox. Here you can choose the name you want the share to be, and optionally you can also set the comment for the share. You might also want to check the Guest access checkbox to enable passwordless access to the share. The share is read-only, unless if you tick on the Allow others to create and delete files in the folder. once done, click on the Create Share button.
Once you go back to the file browser, you’ll notice that the icon of the folder you’ve just shared has changed.
DokuWiki is a powerful but simple to use Wiki and is mainly aimed at creating documentation. Another great thing about it is that it supports plugin. You can find various plugins hosted at DokuWiki’s plugin page
There are 2 methods i]to installing plugins for DokuWiki, and you can choose any of these 2 methods;
Redmine is a web based project management application written in Ruby, and is based on the Ruby on Rails (RoR) framework. It has a very clean user interface and comes with a good list of features. It is probably the easiest to use and the most complete web based (software) project management tools available.
Redmine package is available in Ubuntu, which makes installation easy. It is however not very straightforward, and this tutorial will guide you step-by-step in installing Redmine in your Ubuntu machine.
This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 10.10, though it might be compatible with other release as well. The steps below details the installation. It assumes you are to use and to do a fresh installation of Apache and MySQL. A screencast of the whole installation and configuration process is also available at the end of this article.
New Ubuntu version is released every six months, which is on every April and October. It is reflected in the version number, which is in the <year>.<month> format, with …
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