H O W - TO CREATE YO UR O W N

W ritte n by D anie lLam b SERVER - Part 1

Th is guide w il
lbe gin at th e ve ry s tart, ins tal
lation, and tak e you th rough al lth e s te ps to e ve ntual
ly h aving your ow n ful
ly w ork ing
Ubuntu s e rve r w h ich could be us e d in your h om e or for a bus ine s s of any s ize .

W
e w il
ls tart by
dow nl oading Ubuntu
7.10 from
h ttp://w w w .ubuntu.com /ge tubuntu/
dow nl oad and s e l e ct
for
'Standard pe rs onalcom pute r' and
ch os e th e m os t appropriate m irror
for you from th e drop dow n m e nu.
I am ch oos ing Ubuntu 7.10
(Guts y Gibbon) for various
re as ons but th e m ain re as on is
s upport of m os t m ode rn h ardw are
and it w il lal s o s upport th e ne w e s t
Raid s ys te m s and Gigabit ne tw ork
cards w h ich curre ntl y 6.06 LTS (Long
Te rm Support) doe s not, h ow e ve r
w ith ve rs ion 8.04 LTS th is s h oul d be
re -as s e s s e d.
Afte r dow nl oading Ubuntu 7.10
Se rve r you ne e d to w rite th e im age
to CD us ing your favorite CD burning
program , if you are on w indow s you
Ch oos e 'Ins tal
lto th e h ard
can l ook at us ing Infrare corde r w h ich
dis k '.
can be dow nl oade d from
h ttp://infrare corde r.s ource forge .ne t/. Th e ins tallation w il lnow s tart.
Firs t you w illh ave to ch oos e your
O nce you h ave w ritte n th e im age
language , th e n s e l e ct your
to CD pl ace your Ubuntu Se rve r CD
location. Ne xt ch oos e a k e yboard
into your drive and boot from it,
layout, you w il lne e d to pre s s a
e ns ure th at your s ys te m is s e t to
fe w k e ys s o th e ins tall
e r can
boot from CD . You w il lth e n s e e th is
de te ct your k e yboard l ayout
s cre e n (above righ t).
bas e d on th e k e ys you pre s s e d,

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or you can m anual ly ch os e w h at O pe nSSH , print and SAM BA
k e yboard you h ave . s e rve rs . Se l
e ct th e diffe re nt
s e rve rs us ing th e s pace k e y th e n
Th e ins tal l
e r ch e ck s th e continue .
ins tallation CD , your h ardw are ,
and configure s th e ne tw ork w ith
D H CP if it is conne cte d to th e
ne tw ork , or you can configure th is
m anual ly.

Now e nte r th e 'h os tnam e '. M y

s ys te m is called
's e rve r.dom ain.local ', s o I e nte r
's e rve r'. W h e n you are re ady, h it 'Ye s ' to
'W rite th e ch ange s to dis k s ?' Now
your partitions w il lbe cre ate d and
form atte d.
Th e GRUB boot l
oade r w il
lnow
Se tup th e s ys te m cl
ock . Norm al
ly be ins tal
le d.
UTC is a s afe ch oice .
Th e ins tal lation is now
Ne xt cre ate a ne w us e r, I us e th e finis h e d. Re m ove your CD from
nam e 'Adm inis trator' w ith th e us e r th e drive and h it 'Continue ' to
nam e 'adm inis trator'. D on't us e th e re boot th e s ys te m .
us e r nam e 'adm in' as th at is a
s ys te m nam e in Ubuntu.

Now you w il lne e d to partition Th e bas e s ys te m w il

lnow be Th at is th e firs t part of th e
your dis k , l
e t th e s e tup cre ate th e ins tal
le d. Ubuntu s e rve r ins tal l
e d. Ne xt
partitions (s w ap and root) is s ue , w e w il lcove r update s ,
autom atical ly unl e s s you are Now w e ge t th e option of w h at ins tal ling th e Xubuntu de s k top
confide nt on doing th is m anual l
y. e xtra s oftw are ge ts ins tal
le d, w e are and al s o th e w e bm in ins tal
l.
going to ch oos e D NS, m ail , LAM P,

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 H O W - TO CREATE YO UR O W N
W ritte n by D anie lLam b SERVER - Part 2
Now th e Ubuntu s e rve r ins tal
lation is com pl
e te w e w il
lins tal lXfce de s k top, W e bm in and al
s o s oftw are update s from th e com m and
l
ine as w e l
las w ith th e update m anage r w h ich w illbe buil t into th e Xubuntu de s k top.

A
fte r re booting th e PC afte r
th e ins tall
,l ogin us ing your
ch os e n us e r nam e and
pas s w ord.
Th e firs t ite m to be addre s s e d is
configuring of th e s ource s . W e w il l
re m ove th e CD re pos itory (w h ich
autom atical ly ge ts adde d to th e
s ource s ) and add w e b bas e d
s ource s .
To do th is w e w il lus e nano, m y
pe rs onalfavorite , if you h ave a
pre fe rre d te xt e ditor ple as e us e
th at. Type into th e com m and l ine :
com m and as root. Add a h as h (# ) in Afte r th e update s are finis h e d,
front of th e CD e ntry and re m ove th e re s tart your m ach ine . Log in and
h as h e s from th e front of th e oth e r run th e s am e com m and jus t in
e ntrie s . Afte r com pl
e ting th is s te p cas e th e re are any oth e r update s
pre s s CTRL+ X th e n pre s s 'Y' or type th at w e re m is s e d, al th ough apt
'ye s ' to s ave ch ange s . is unl ik e l
y to m is s any. Afte r th is
is finis h e d, w e is s ue w h at w il
lbe
our l as t com m and for th is th is
is s ue :
Afte r com pl
e ting th is , type :
sudo apt-get install
sudo apt-get update xubuntu-desktop
Th is w il
lupdate th e apt s ource s Ans w e r 'ye s ' to: 'D o you w ant
and apt w il lth e n k now w h at s oftw are to continue '. Go and re ad th e
it can ge t. Now type :

sudo nano sudo apt-get upgrade

/etc/apt/sources.list
You w il lne e d to s uppl
y th e
pas s w ord you s e t as your us e r
pas s w ord as you are running a
To ins tal lth e late s t update s to your
s ys te m . Th is m ay tak e a littl
e w h il
e
de pe nding on h ow m any update s are
ne e de d for your s ys te m , you m igh t
w ant to put th e k e ttl e on now .
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re s t of th is is s ue , and h ave a nice
cup of te a.
Afte r th is h as com pl
e te d, re boot
your m ach ine . O nce th e m ach ine
h as s tarte d up you w illbe
pre s e nte d w ith th e login
s cre e n.
Log in us ing your pre vious l y
ch os e n us e r nam e and pas s w ord
and you w il lbe pre s e nte d w ith th e
Xubuntu de s k top, you now ne e d
to run th e update s by righ t
click ing on th e orange icon in th e
top righ t h and corne r and cl ick
'Ins tallallupdate s ', th e n s uppl y
your pas s w ord to al l
ow th e
update s to run. Al te rnative ly, you
can pre s s Ctrl + Al
t+ F2 and l ogin
us ing your us e r nam e and
pas s w ord again and run th e
update s from th e com m and l ine .
Afte r th is is finis h e d re s tart your
m ach ine . O nce l ogge d in, ope n
Fire fox and brow s e to
h ttp://w w w .w e bm in.com /(above
righ t) and in th e m e nu on th e l
click 'D e bian Pack age '.
FullCircl e is
l
ook ing for
proof- re ade rs .
Can you s pare a
fe w days e ach m onth to
proof- re ad articl e s for us ?
If you can, pl e as e e m ail:
ch oos e to ope n w ith and ronnie @ fullcircle m agazine .org
click O K. Th e 'Pack age Ins tal le r' w ill for m ore de tails.
th e n ope n and you can s im pl y cl ick
'Ins tallPack age '. Th e pack age or join our IRC ch anne l
:
m anage r w il lals o ins tal
lallth e
ne e de d de pe nde ncie s for W e bm in. log on to irc.fre e node .ne t and
join # full
circl e m agazine
O nce W e bm in h as ins tal
le d, go to: O r, you can vis it via our
h ttps ://l
ocalh os t:10000 and l og in w e bIRC clie nt at
us ing your us e r nam e and pas s w ord. irc.full
circle m agazine .org
W e al s o h ave a forum at:
h ttp://ubuntuforum s .org/forum
, dis play.ph p?f=270
e ft,

W h e n th e .de b fil
e h as finis h e d w w w .ful
lcircl
e m agazine .org
dow nl oading, righ t cl ick on it and

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 H O W - TO CREATE YO UR O W N
W ritte n by D anie lLam b SERVER - Part 3

W
e now h ave a w ork ing
s e rve r w ith th e bas e
s ys te m , Sam ba, SSH ,
Xubuntu de s k top and W e bm in al l
ins tal
le d;w e w il lnow ins tal l
D H CP, and configure D H CP and
Sam ba.

W e 'l
ls tart off w ith D H CP.

Log into W e bm in by going to

h ttps ://l
ocal
h os t:10000
Go to “ Se rve rs ” , th e n “ D H CP” .
Cl ick on "Add a ne w s ubne t", and
fillin th e de s cription of th e
s ubne t. For ne tw ork addre s s , us e
th e s am e IP as th e inte rnal
addre s s , but us e 0 as th e e nding
octe t;for e xam pl e , if your inte rnal
NIC is 19 2.168.1.1, th e n us e
19 2.168.1.0 for your ne tw ork
addre s s . For addre s s range s , us e
th e range of addre s s e s to be
as s igne d by D H CP. For ne tm as k ,
us e th e s am e as your s ubne t;
m os t are 255.255.255.0. Cl ick
"Cre ate ".
O nce cre ate d, cl ick th e ne w icon
th at w as jus t cre ate d (w ith th e
ne tw ork addre s s you ch oos e unde r
it). Scrol ldow n to th e bottom , and
cl ick "Edit Cl ie nt O ptions ". Fillin th e
Subne t m as k w ith th e s ubne t;th e
D e faul t route rs and D NS s e rve rs w ith
your inte rnalIP;and th e Broadcas t
addre s s w ith th e inte rnalIP - but w ith
255 at th e e nd. Cl ick "Save "th e n
s tart th e s e rve r.
Now to configure Sam ba fil
e
s h are s .
Firs t of al l, cre ate a fol de r on
your s e rve r. I w oul d norm al ly
cre ate one w ith in a s tandard
us e r's h om e fol de r, s o th e
dire ctory l is ting w oul d be
/H om e //s h are -nam e . Le t's s tart
by cal ling one “ Sh are d” ;brow s e
to th e m ain H om e fol de r, and
th e n dow n to th e fol de r nam e d
w ith your e xis ting us e rnam e ;
righ t cl ick , and ch oos e “ Cre ate
Fol de r” . Nam e th e ne w fol de r
“ Sh are d” , and e ns ure th at th e

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pe rm is s ions of th e ne w fol
de r Now cl ick on Fil
e pe rm is s ions ,
allow re ad and w rite acce s s by al
l and ch ange th e Ne w Unix fil e
us e rs - as s h ow n be l
ow . m ode to 777 and th e Ne w Unix
dire ctory m ode to 777. Cl ick
"Save ".

Re s tart Sam ba, and you

s h oul d now be abl e to w rite to
your s h are .
Sam ba w il lnow h ave a s h are d
folde r th at you can brow s e to.
H ow e ve r, you w illnot be abl e to
acce s s it untilyou cl ick on th e s h are ,
se le ct Se curity and Acce s s control ,
ch ange th e s h are to W ritabl e , e nable
Gue s t acce s s , and th e n cl
ick "Save ".

NEXT M ONTH :

SPECIA LBIRTH D AY ISSUE!

Now go back to W e bm in, go to w h e re w e dis cus s th e birth of ,
“ Se rve rs ” , and th e n “ Sam ba h ow w e m anage d to ove r com e s om e of our bigge s t h urdl e s in
W indow s Fil e s h aring” . Se le ct cre ating and organizing FCM and s om e ge e k y dow nl oad s tats .
“ Cre ate a ne w fil e Sh are ” ;nam e
th e fil
e s h are “ Sh are d” and s e l e ct - Th e GIM P. include s cre ating a ne w
th e dire ctory you w is h to s h are . im age , dpi and th e m os t im portant tools ne e de d for our
future GIM P s e s s ions .
Fil lin a Sh are Com m e nt if you
w is h , and click “ Cre ate ” .
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 H O W - TO CREATE YO UR O W N
W ritte n by D anie lLam b
SERVER - Part 4

N
ow th at w e h ave Sam ba, Brow s e to , th e n , and
D H CP and W e bm in . Firs t w e w il lcre ate our . Cl
ick on
ins tal
le d and w ork ing, w e PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol ) ;s e l
e ct for
w il ls e t up a VPN s e rve r to accounts , s o cl ick on ;
m onitor th e various running ;add a ne w us e r cal l
ed , ch ange to th e
s e rvice s . w ith a pas s w ord of ;th e n fre q ue ncy for ch e ck ing th e
click and cl ick . s e rve r - e ve ry 5 m inute s is a
O ur firs t s te p is s e tting up a W ith in th e inde x of th at m odul e , cl
ick good tim e fram e , jus t in cas e
VPN (VirtualPrivate Ne tw ork ) on ;fil lin th e th e re are any probl e m s or any
us ing (Point-to-Point box s e rvice faul ts . Se t to
Tunne l ling Protocol ) provide d by w ith th e cl ie nt e nd IP 0 s o th at it runs e xactl y e ve ry 5
th e poptop te am . Th is can al s o be addre s s ;and fil lin m inute s . M ak e s ure al lth e h ours
configure d by . To s tart w ith th e IP and days are s e l e cte d - to s e le ct
off, w e w illne e d to ins tal lth e addre s s e s to be as s igne d to th e m ore th an one , us e th e 'Ctrl 'k ey
PPTP s e rve r, as fol low s : clie nt m ach ine com ing in via th e w h ile you s e l e ct th e m .
VPN. Cl ick . Th e n, ope n
sudo apt-get install pptpd
;ch ange Ch ange to

(or us e your pack age m anage r to ;ch ange

to ; or -
and s e arch for poptop or pptp) w h ich e ve r you fe e lis m ore
ch ange
to ; appropriate to your s ys te m .
W h e n prom pte d, h it e nte r, and
dis abl e and ;and Ch ange to
apt-ge t w illins tall and al l
th e re s t can s tay on de faul t. Click , and fil
lin
its de pe nde ncie s .
, and cl ick . your e m ailaddre s s . Cl ick .
Now , activate W e bm in by going You can al s o ch ange
to: W e w il lnow s e t up m onitoring for to an SM TP s e rve r w h ich
th e s ys te m . W ith in , go to doe s n't re q uire auth e ntication,
h ttps ://l
ocal
h os t:10000
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oth e rw is e s e l
e ct l
ocalh os t, us ing You can al s o ch e ck your s ys te m
'Pos tfix' or 'Se ndm ail ' - w e w illbe logs by cl ick ing on and going
s e tting up Pos tfix in future is s ue s . to (be low ) - in th e re you
can cl ick on a l og file and cl ick
Se e m y s e tup be l
ow : .

ow ns and runs
and is bas e d in
Pe rth , Scotland. H e is also
W ith in th e and invol ve d in a num be r of ope n
s ource proje cts s uch as
page s , you can add various
,
m onitoring options from th e drop and .
dow n l is t, you can al s o de l
e te
H e is al
s o a com m itte d Le e ds
th e m by tick ing th e adjace nt radio-
Unite d fan.
box and cl ick ing D e l
e te .

TH E H ERO N H A S LA ND ED .D O W NLO A D 8.04!

w w w .ubuntu.com w w w .k ubuntu.com w w w .xubuntu.com w w w .ubuntu.com

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 HOW-TO
Written by Daniel Lamb
N
ow, before we do much
more with the server, we
are going to configure
backups -- so all files and data are
protected. We will use the
webmin module to configure tar
backups; you can use tar backups
to save to tape, or to any other
form of removable media. Under
the System menu in webmin, you
should have Filesystem, Backup --
or, with the new webmin 1.410,
you might need to look under
Unused Modules to find it. To add
a new backup, fill in the box with
a directory, or, to browse your
drive, click on the '...' button
(shown below).
Tick the tar format if you wish
the backup to be in that
compressed format, otherwise it
will just be a direct dump without
compression. After filling in the
directory box, click on 'Add a new
CREATE YOUR OWN
SERVER - Part 5
backup of directory'; you will now be Now choose a suitable name
greeted with the page shown below for your backup, and fill it in as
right. 'Backup Label'. If you wish to
omit any files or directories
In the 'Directories to backup', you (within your selected backup
can fill in multiple directories, with directories) supply them. Choose
each directory having its own line. In your compression options from
the 'Backup to' box, choose the Compress Archive -- 'Yes with
mount point, and the name of the gzip' is recommended. In the
backup to create; ie, if it is a tape boxes 'Command to run before
drive, it might be:
/dev/st0/<nameofback
up>.tar.gz
(only if using tar and
compression -- which is
an option further down
the page).
You could also
choose to backup to a
remote location using
RSH, SSH or FTP. In
that case, choose
(rather than file or tape
device), and fill in your
FTP/RSH/SSH details.
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backup' and 'Command to run
after backup', add any required
commands.
You should now set up a backup
schedule (shown below). To do so,
select 'Enabled, at times chosen
below'. To have yourself (or
someone else) informed when
backup is running, insert a valid
email address into 'Email
scheduled output to'. A simple
approach is to select 'Simple
schedule', choose 'Daily, at
midnight', and click 'Create'.
We now have an automatically
scheduled daily backup to save
your most important data and
files.
We will now install Postfix (email with IMAP.
server) and Dovecot (IMAP and POP3
server). We must drop to the I would suggest you now set
command line, and type: up an MX record pointing to your
IP address, and change your
sudo apt-get install postfix router to forward SMTP (port 25)
dovecot-common dovecot-imapd traffic, through your router, to
your server IP address. This will
Answer the questions as follows: allow us to use postfix to collect
and deliver email directly via
Internet Site
SMTP.
NONE
server1.example.com
server1.example.com,
example.com,
localhost.example.com,
localhost
No
127.0.0.0/8
Yes
owns and runs
and is based in
0
Perth, Scotland. He is also
involved in a number of open
+ source projects such as
,
all and .
He is also a committed Leeds
You now have Postfix United fan.
and Dovecot installed --
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 HOW-TO CREATE YOUR OWN
Written by Daniel Lamb
SERVER - Part 6

N
ow we can start setting up
email on our server. I
suggest using IMAP and
SMTP for sending and receiving
email. You should have installed
Postfix and Dovecot. You still need
to install fetchmail - which will
collect any email not received by
SMTP. To collect emails by SMTP,
you need to set up an MX record
(read more about this here
http://www.petri.co.il/configure_mx
_records_for_incoming_smtp_email Authentication And Encryption", put
sudo apt-get install
_traffic.htm) with the provider of a tick in the box to "Allow
fetchmail
your domain name - it forwards connections from same network",
emails to your home IP address. and "Allow connections from this Now, open up "Fetchmail Mail
You need to forward SMTP through system" under the heading "SMTP retrieval" (Fig.1 above) in
the firewall on your router to the relaying restrictions". In the Dovecot Webmin, and click on "..." and
IP address of your server - to do IMAP/POP3 server menu, click on "Add Fetchmail server for user".
this, refer to your user manual for Mail Files, and change the radio
button option under Mail file location Fill in the box for "Server
your router/firewall.
to “Inbox in ~/Maildir, folders in name", add a username and
The only changes you will need password (which will be supplied
~/mail”.
to make in the Postfix by your ISP or your web site
configuration is under Local If you have any other email that provider), and choose which
Delivery: change "Home-relative needs to be picked up via POP3, you local users you want the email to
pathname of user mailbox file" to should now install fetchmail by be distributed to.
Maildir, and under "SMTP typing:

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 One item which should have
been configured previously is
DNS - to set this up, click on Bind
DNS in Webmin. Click on "Create
master zone". Enter the domain
into the "Domain name /
network" box. For the master
server, type in the domain name
as well. Enter a suitable email
address in the appropriate box.
Type in the IP address of the
server (the external IP address
provided by your ISP) and finally,
click "Create".

Add any users who are

permitted to access the system -
these are users who can access
email, samba shares and so on.
You can now install
(right), which will allow you to owns and runs
view webmail and also connect to and is based in
Perth, Scotland. He is also
shared calendars and shared
involved in a number of open
contacts. To install , source projects such as
open a console and type: ,
and .
sudo apt-get install
We will deal with configuring He is also a committed Leeds
egroupware
for next month. United fan.

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 HOW-TO
Written by Daniel Lamb
W
e are now going to install
eGroupware onto your
server. This will give us a
groupware server which can
function like Exchange by
connecting an email client such
as Thunderbird to it via IMAP, and
connecting Sunbird to the
calendaring service via icalsrv.
First of all, we will need to copy
icalsrv into the eGroupware
installation folder. To do this, use
these commands:
wget
http://downloads.sourceforge.
net/egroupware/eGroupWare-
1.4.004.zip?modtime=120830122
9&big_mirror=1
unzip eGroupWare-1.4.004.zip
and now cp eGroupWare-
1.4.004/icalsrv
/usr/share/egroupware -r
Now we can access the
installer. In this example, we'll
point to:
http://yourserver/egroupware/setup/.
CREATE YOUR OWN
SERVER - Part 7
The script will run through some pre-
installation tests. Some of the items
will pass and some will have
warnings.
Click the 'continue to the Header
Admin' link at the bottom to
continue. You should now be on the
setup page. The 'Server Root' and
'Include Root' should be correct. You
can leave the admin user set to
'admin' and create a password. This
will be the account you use to login
to the header manager. Change
'Persistent Connections' to 'False'.
Scroll down to the database
information section, and enter the
information for the database you
created in step #1. In this example,
we'll use the following information:
- Stays the same.
- Stays the same.
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This should be setup via mysql
server settings within webmin.
Choose a username and
password for the 'Configuration
User'. This is the account you'll
use to manage the
configuration. For this example,
we'll use the same username
and password as the header
manager.
Click the 'Write config' button
to create the header file. You
should get a screen saying that
your header file was created.
You should now be on the
eGroupware login page for the
control panel. Enter the admin
information into the
Setup/Config fields to login to
the setup control panel.
Click the 'Login' button to
continue. You should now be on
the setup screen for your
eGroupware. It will tell you that
the database is working but you

don't have any tables installed.
Click the 'Install' button to
create the core tables. The script
will create the core tables. If you
don't receive any error messages,
then it was successful.
Click the 'Re-check My
Installation' button to continue.
The setup page will refresh and
you'll see that all of the stages
have been complete.
Click on the 'Click here to setup
1 admin account and 3 demo
accounts' link to continue. Enter
the information you would like to
have for your admin account.
Check the 'Create demo accounts'
checkbox to create the demo
accounts.
Click the 'Save' button to save
these settings. You should now be
back at the eGroupware setup page.
Click the 'Back to user login' link at
the top left of the screen. If you get
an error message saying that the
lock function failed, create a support
ticket on the help page with the
name of your database, and lock
access will be granted to your
database. Refresh the page once lock
access has been granted. You should
now be at the login page. Enter the
information you created for your
admin account.
daniel.lamb@openyourwindows.com
owns and runs
and is based in
Perth, Scotland. He is also
Click the 'Login' button to login to involved in a number of open
your eGroupware. You should now be source projects such as
at the admin control panel for your ,
and .
eGroupware management system.
eGroupware is now installed. He is also a committed Leeds
United fan.
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 HOW-TO
Written by Daniel Lamb
W
e are now going to add
users to eGroupware and
give them permissions to
various items.
To add a user, log into your
eGroupware install with the admin
user you created before. Browse
to Admin, click on Admin, and fill
in the boxes as you wish, I
suggest putting a tick in the box
"Never Expires". You can also give
the users different permissions.
You may want some to be able to
view only emails, whereas you
may wish to give full control to
others. After adding a user,
remember to click "Add".
You now want to add a group.
You can use the default group for
everyone, or use the Admin group
if you wish.
You will see under Admin a
large number of options
depending on what you want to
do. Go through the different
options there, although the
CREATE YOUR OWN
SERVER - Part 8
defaults should be fine for anyone to
use. There are also preferences for
which any users can set themselves.
Again, the defaults are fine, but you
might choose to change them
depending on the use you have
planned for them.
A request I received from Philipp
Hohn was how to connect
and to
eGroupwares ical server. To get a list
of calendars (below), go to the URL:
http://servername/egroupware/icalsrv
.php/username/list.html
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Ensure the user has
permissions to use the ical
server. You can do this via the
User Accounts tab from the
Admin menu, then click on the
user you wish to have
permissions for this, or do it via
the groups menu. My user is
called manager, so if I type in:
http://server/egroupware/icalsrv.p
hp/manager/list.html
I get a number of calendars
showing up. I want to use the
main-events calendar, so in
, under the calendar
option (as long as you have
lightening installed, there are
loads of guides how to do this on
the Web), I would simply right
click and select New Calendar,
choose 'On The Network' then
enter the URL:
http://10.0.165.15/egroupware/ic
alsrv.php/manager/events.ics
Click 'Next' then choose your
preferred name for the calendar.
When prompted, enter the
username and password for the
account.
We are now going to install
. Some of you may not use
it, but in a business environment
it is invaluable.
To do this we are going to drop
to the command line again and
enter the following command to
download it.
wget
http://www.quotero.com/downlo
ads/doc_download.html
As it is automatically
downloaded as an HTML file we
need to rename it to a zip file and
extract it. To do this, we type in
the following commands:
mv doc_download.html
doc_download.zip
apt-get install unzip
unzip doc_download.zip
You will now have a new folder
called Quotero_Bundle_0.6. We want
to move that file to
/usr/share/Quotero. To do this, use
this command:
mv Quotero_Bundle_0.6/
/usr/share/Quotero -r
As Quotero uses sh files you need
to make them executable. Again, to
do this for all the files type in the
following commands:
chmod +x
/usr/share/Quotero/quotero_tomc
at/bin/startup.sh
chmod +x
/usr/share/Quotero/Quotero.sh
chmod +x
/usr/share/Quotero/quotero_tomc
at/bin/catalina.sh
chmod +x
/usr/share/Quotero/quotero_tomc
at/bin/setclasspath.sh
Quotero uses Tomcat Apache to
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run which depends on java so we
need to install java and set it so
tomcat knows it’s the default
java environment. Do this by
typing:
apt-get install sun-java6-
bin
update-java-alternatives -s
java-6-sun
Now you can start Quotero
with this command:
Sudo
./usr/share/Quotero/Quotero.
sh
Now browse to the URL for
Quotero to continue the install:
http://servername:8080/Quotero
Deploy
All the default settings are fine
except for changing the
Database type to HSQL, leave
the default Database Username,
Password and Name as it is. Fill
in the SMTP username and
password. Then click Validate. It
will now carry out the install for
you. Once it has come up with
the message 'Enjoy, click on
Let’s go Quotero...'
 You can now log in using the
URL:
http://servername:8080/QuoteroCli
ent/login.jsp
and the username "admin" and
password "admin". To add users,
click on Administration, expand
domains, then HQUOTERO, click
on users. You can add new users
here using the button Add. Under
Special Roles you can add various
users with different permissions
for different tasks.
Under Quotero Server v0.6,
click on this button and choose
New workspace, name it whatever
you wish and add permissions for
the various users you have created.
By clicking on the button you can
add a new folder by clicking on New
folder, and call it what you wish, and
add relevant permissions. You can
now upload documents by clicking on
the button next to the folder name
and select Import Document. The
Document will now be in the folder.
You can now check out this
document, open it just to view it or owns and runs
start a workflow involving the and is based in
document (as well as a number of Perth, Scotland. He is also
involved in a number of open
other options) or any others you add.
source projects such as
You can check out a document then ,
check it back in again, which will and .
mean only one person can use it at a
He is also a committed Leeds
time. This is very powerful software United fan.
and can save businesses a lot of time.

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