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There should be indicator lights on your network card. Are those lighting up whenever you plug it into your router?

if you run the ifconfig command

under "eth0" do you get an ip for "inet...

Try this, plug ethernet cable in, and type the following:
(What are we plugging in to? a router or modem?)


sudo service network-manager restart

after that right click the gray quarter...

Re install from fresh .iso

Touche! :lolflag: Sometimes you need to put the pipe down..

Anyway can you give us more detail on your network?

Are you connecting via wifi? What security does it have?
You said you plugged...

Open up a terminal (ctrl+shift+t)

type the following

ifconfig
press enter

paste the results back here

SOLVED!

Thanks for the tip, you have answered my current dilemma! (And quite possibly opened up another few thousand) SO THANK YOU!

rsync works like a charm, ssh is a lot smoother in the...

@Ag,

I like the way you roll, I have been meaning to learn cron for some time...

Here are my specs..

Local:
LinuxMint 13 Maya

Server:

Thanks for the response,

I use SFTP to access my server from work.

any tips on auto mounting in Kubuntu 12.04? Never done it before..

Would I just use the cp command?

Ok, the more I research this, the harder it seems.

Here is all I want

A shell script that moves all the contents of a local folder, to my server...

I have a samba share, and open-ssh set up...

Nate,

Have you tried the chmod command?

Hate to beat a dead horse, but as I'd imagine most users know about webmin

(apparently I missed the memo)

.. Either way this has made my life 10X easier.

I have been posting numerous...

Tried everything along those lines but to no avail.

Stumped.:confused:

Thanks I will give that a try and post my results.

I would like to use my existing home server, as a web based proxy server, from all over the globe.

I have squid installed on the server. I have port forwarding set up on my network switch....

Is this a dual boot? I don't understand the question.

I would say cron is your best bet..

Did you install Ubuntu Server, or the desktop edition? If you installed the desktop edition, you need to set it to automatically log in, or else it will pause...

Any tips on a good VPN solution? I have looked into logmein's hamachi. But not in great detail.

Ok,

After some great help from the community, I got my home server (which used to be only a simple samba share) up and going with openSSH.

Now, I have shell access from any remote location!...

Thanks all! It was a terrific week out of town, and my server worked exactly as I needed!

Thanks again.

I know this might be a bit repetitive, but I am just not getting this.

I have read and re-read the chmod guide over and over.

I understand the numbering system, and the letters.

My question...

Ubuntu maverick...

Kevdog,

Thanks for the kudos. And I am researching security techniques now.

I think my IP question needs to be re-worded. (But noip.com looks like a great resource, thanks for the tip.)
...

Woah, my question was already answered.

This has been a lifesaver guys.

Wow, that was easy. :)

So I now have root access to the my server from a remote connection.

Next question(s) for you wizards.

How would I go about copying files from my server to my local...

Thanks all! Great help.

I tried tinkering with it last night, but I believe I am going to make the switch to SSH, and finish the project today.

I am going to start googling SSH tutorials now....