Debian Server quite new to Linux need some help!

[ally_uk]

Hey Guys my first post on the forum woohoo

Ok I have a power edge which I have been tinkering with at work I have installed debian Etch netinstall and have got it to the stage where I have configured the proxy etc,

And so now I am stumped lol

I have a few things which I hope to achieve with the server and I will go through these one by one,

1) Give the server a static IP is there a config file which I need to edit to achieve this if so what one and how do I type in the details in the correct format.

2) Sources , Sources , Sources, Aptitude currently has no firefox , XFCE etc,
I have typed in some unreliable sources into my sources.list and if anyone
can point me in the direction of reliable working sources list that would be helpful,

3) How do I create a file share in Debian and then make it so I can access it through Windows?

Many Thanks

Guys

[coopstah13]

1) Give the server a static IP is there a config file which I need to edit to achieve this if so what one and how do I type in the details in the correct format.

this file is /etc/network/interfaces
you need to edit it to add information for your NIC, usually the device is eth0, example configuration:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
 address 192.168.0.100
 netmask 255.255.255.0
 nameserver 192.168.0.2
 nameserver 192.168.0.3
 gateway 192.168.0.1

2) Sources , Sources , Sources, Aptitude currently has no firefox , XFCE etc,
I have typed in some unreliable sources into my sources.list and if anyone
can point me in the direction of reliable working sources list that would be helpful,

deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free

this would be a basic default sources file, to change where you want to get these from have a look here Debian worldwide mirror sites

3) How do I create a file share in Debian and then make it so I can access it through Windows?

this you need to install samba to do

I recommend downloading a software package called Webmin

[sdimhoff]

1.) Already answered

2.) If I'm not mistaken don't the base debian sources use iceweasle instead of firefox? (someone correct me if I'm wrong) This may be why you can't find it. Some in the open source community disagree with Mozilla.org's use of a non-open icon. Therefore they use all the same source but call it Iceweasle and gave it a new icon.

3.)

Once you've set up samba (and your workgroup/domain) you can set up a share by putting the following into /etc/samba/smb.conf

[sharename]
   comment = share
   path = /mnt/share
   public = yes
   write list = @users @staff

There is plenty of documentation for samba and you should look into what permissions, etc. you want for said share.

Finally don't forget to restart samba after you've edited smb.conf

/etc/init.d/samba restart

[ally_uk]

Appreciate it guys I shall have a tinker and report back any difficulties and progress

[coopstah13]

he's correct about firefox, i forgot to mention that
mozilla firefox = iceweasel in debian
mozilla thunderbird = icedove