Manually Share and Mount a Samba Share in Ubuntu Server 9.04

For those of you who do not have/use a GUI, this is how to manually share and map a samba share:

On the server:

apt-get install samba

Nano the smb.conf in /etc/samba/smb.conf to include

[Share Name]
path = /home/share
available = yes
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes

Modify that to meet your needs then restart the samba service:

/etc/init.d/samba restart

On the client:

apt-get install smbfs
mkdir /mnt/share
mount -t smbfs //serverIP/share /mnt/share

If the share is not public, then you might need to use the switch -o username=user.

Setting Up and Configuring Ubuntu Server 9.04 VMWARE with SSH, VSFTPD (TSL/SSL), OpenVPN, Fail2ban (PART 3)

Ok, now its time for OpenVPN. There is a really good write-up on how to install OpenVPN by niels on http://nielsvz.com. Follow his guide to install it on 9.04 and then you can play with some options below.

To authenticate via PAM, add this line in your server.conf file:

plugin /usr/lib/openvpn/openvpn-auth-pam.so system-auth

To route all traffic through your VPN connection (HTTP, DNS...), uncomment this line in your server.conf file:

push "redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp"

Corresponding with this switch, you will need to enable NAT redirection. This will allow your VPN connected clients to see and access network resources on the subnet your server is on. Enable it with the following:

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE

To configure OpenVPN to only allow certain users to log in, follow the instructions here.

Here is a copy of my client config to reference:

persist-key
tls-client
remote techaccesstips.servehome.net 1194
proto udp
ca ca.crt
dev tun
persist-tun
cert client1.crt
comp-lzo
nobind
key client.key
pull
auth-user-pass

Here are a list of clients for Windows and Mac:
Tunnelblick - Free OpenVPN client for Mac
Viscosity - Shareware client for Mac
OpenVPN GUI - Free client for Windows

So ends the guide...If you have any questions, comments, or revisions/suggestions please leave a comment and I will get back with you.

Arrow Keys Not Working in Ubuntu VMWare / Backtrack

Found this post from projektd at http://bias9.blogspot.com/2008/10/keys-not-working-in-vmware.html.

Either modify or create the file in your Home directory:

cd ~/.vmware
nano config

Add this line to your config file:

xkeymap.nokeycodeMap = true

Then restart VMware with:

sudo /etc/init.d/vmware restart

Should work after that.