Installing Ubuntu
From live disc-
-Manually partition disc
16384MB Ext3 /root
4096MB Swap
59542MB xfs /storage
-name the computer
When ubuntu is first installed first change the root password and make a new admin name with the home directory as /ahome instead of /home. The /home folder will be replaced with the home directory of the server with all the user /home directories.
-Log out and log back into the new admin name, all changes will now be made from this name.
Configure the network drivers
in system > administration > network
-Click on the wired connection and then properties
-configure the static IP addresses. Consult another computer to get the correct gateway address.
-on the hosts tab replace the computer name with the server ip + name
run the following commands: -sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get upgrade
install any updates
-sudo apt-get install build-essential
-sudo apt-get install ssh
NIS
-edit /etc/apt/sources.list
enable all lines that start with “deb” by taking away the “#” in the beginning of the line
-sudo apt-get install nis portmap
edit the following files:
/etc/passwd (add +:::::: to end of file)
/etc/group (add +::: to end of file)
/etc/shadow (add +:::::::: to end of file)
/etc/yp.conf (configure the domain and server like so: domain 'domain.com' server 'name')
/etc/hosts (add the server URL to the top of the document)
NFS
-sudo apt-get install nfs-common
-edit /etc/fstab (add a line to the bottom that is something like
domain.com:/home /home nfs rw,hard,intr 0 0
Restart the programs
-sudo /etc/init.d/portmap restart
-sudo /etc/init.d/nis restart
-sudo /etc/init.d/nfs restart
On the server run the following commands:
-sudo make -C /var/yp
-sudo exportfs -arv