Noobee to U/Ku/buntu....Installed today. Installation went smooth. Network was already up and going with dynamic ip address on first boot. A few questions about how this works....
1. It looks as if ftp is not running since trying to ftp into it rejects the connection request. How do I check to see if ftp is installed, and configure it to start automatically.
2. How do I look at services. a command like "service smb status" just doesn't work, it returns "command not found". Even "sudo service smb status" asks me for the password, (for root I suppose) which is then rejected when I type it in. I think I read during installation that the root account is disabled. Anyway, not sure how to check services status or start and stop services.
3. When I issue any command with "sudo" in front, I am asked for a password. What password does it want ? It doesn't accept my own password or the password for root either. For example, the command "sudo ifconfig" asks me for a password, which doesn't work no matter which one I enter, but the command "ifconfig" without the sudo works. How do you know which commands require sudo, and what is the password ?
Sorry if these sound like dumb questions but this is quite a bit different from distros like Mandriva or RH that I am used to. Thanks for any suggestions anyone may have for me.
MIKE
1. It looks as if ftp is not running since trying to ftp into it rejects the connection request. How do I check to see if ftp is installed, and configure it to start automatically.
2. How do I look at services. a command like "service smb status" just doesn't work, it returns "command not found". Even "sudo service smb status" asks me for the password, (for root I suppose) which is then rejected when I type it in. I think I read during installation that the root account is disabled. Anyway, not sure how to check services status or start and stop services.
3. When I issue any command with "sudo" in front, I am asked for a password. What password does it want ? It doesn't accept my own password or the password for root either. For example, the command "sudo ifconfig" asks me for a password, which doesn't work no matter which one I enter, but the command "ifconfig" without the sudo works. How do you know which commands require sudo, and what is the password ?
Sorry if these sound like dumb questions but this is quite a bit different from distros like Mandriva or RH that I am used to. Thanks for any suggestions anyone may have for me.
MIKE
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