SSH/FTP/PHP server setup?

[ShadowFoxLSU]

Alright, I am planning on setting these three services on a server. Do you guys know of any good tutorials? Also, I am connected via cable(static IP though) and a router. Do I need to assign a port to the server from the router to send all SSH requests to the server or can it figure it out on it's own?

[MottS]

Hello

Alright, I am planning on setting these three services on a server.  Do you guys know of any good tutorials?

Actually no... but I don't think you need any. Those servers come preconfigured on MDK. Take Apache (httpd) for instance, you have nothing to do in /etc/http/conf/http.conf for it to work #1. SSH too.. only install it and it works. ProFTPd can be a bit more tougher though. It really depends if you want an anonymous login or not.

 

Also, I am connected via cable(static IP though) and a router.  Do I need to assign a port to the server from the router to send all SSH requests to the server or can it figure it out on it's own?

You will have to configure your router to forward port 80 (httpd), 21 (ftp) and 22 (ssh) to your box running the servers because it'll not figure it all by itself.

 

Good luck

 

MOttS

[alaa]

if you're not going to allow anonymous ftp consider using ssh with the scponly shell instead.

 

just install scponly using urpmi

create a new user and make scponly his/her/its shell

 

put the data you want to serve in the new users home directory

 

now you can use ssh file transfer tools like gftp to connect to the server and download/upload files.

 

cheers,

Alaa