Install Ubuntu Server 12.04

DATE:

September 9, 2012

PLAN:

Install Ubuntu Server12.04 to replace FreeNas 7 server

Step 1:

Backup all files from FreeNas to external hard drive. (This took about 3 hours to complete.)

Step 2:

Download Ubuntu Server 12.04. (Need 32 bit version)

Reference

Retrieved September 9, 2012

http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server

Step 3:

Create bootable USB drive for iso image downloaded in Step 2.

Use Unetbootin.

Ubuntu Server 12.04 on USB getting error message. Search Google for solution.

Reference

Retrieved September 9, 2012

http://askubuntu.com/questions/127398/usb-drive-install-of-ubuntu-12-04-server-fails-cant-find-components-from-cd-r

Renamed all *.ude files to *.udeb in the \pool\main\l\linux folder.

After renaming files, the Ubuntu Server 12.04 iso on USB worked correctly.

Step 4:

Setting up Samba Services

Reference

Retrieved September 9, 2012

http://digital.1kiss.org/2012/08/24/how-to-setup-a-samba-server-in-ubuntu/

How To Setup A Samba Server In Ubuntu

Posted by digital on August 24, 2012

This tutorial will I will be teaching you how to setup Samba Server on Ubuntu. Using a Samba Serverto share files between your Ubuntu and Windows computers, this is one of the best and easiest ways to accomplish this. So lets get started and install the required packages by running the following command.

sudo apt-get install samba

This should install the required packages however we still need to configure Samba Server so lets open up smb.conf in gedit.

sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf

Now lets change the following two values in the Samba Server config.

workgroup = WORKGROUP

At the bottom of the Samba Server config add this and modify it to your needs.

[share]
comment = Ubuntu File Server Share
path = /srv/samba/share
browsable = yes
guest ok = yes
read only = no
create mask = 0755

Now all thats left is to create the Samba Server directory and restart the Samba Services, simply go into an open Terminal and run the following commands.

sudo mkdir -p /srv/samba/share
sudo chown nobody.nogroup /srv/samba/share/
sudo restart smbd
sudo restart nmbd

Congrats! You now have a fully functional Ubuntu Samba Server! 

Originally posted 2012-01-14 09:12:21.