On 23/04/07, Mark Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > 2: "sudo cp -r * ~mark/backup" > > - this copies (including subdirectories because of the "-r" option) all the > files into the "backup" subdirectory of my home directory "~mark" - you'll > need to replace mark with your own username > > - running it as sudo copies files that only administrator has access to
Just to clarify, Mark means "...copies all files, including those that only administrator..." > > 3: I then use an ftp client (like Filezilla) to copy the files out of > /home/mark/backup (which is what ~mark means) onto another box, such as my > Windows laptop. Again, to clarify, ~mark means /home/mark, not /home/mark/backup. > > - Filezilla is a nice drag and drop interface, which will allow you to copy > off entire directory structures. > > - In order to get this to work, you may find you need to install an ftp > server on Ubuntu. The following will work, and also give a good introduction > to how you install packages from the command line :-) If you have a GUI on > your Ubuntu box, then you can run Synaptic and let it sort everything out > for you, but I don't, so I can't :-) > > 3i: Enable "extra repositories" by uncommenting various lines in /etc/etc > (you will need to run "sudo nano /etc/apt" to do this, then remove the # > symbols from the things that look like URLs - at this point, I tend to put a > # symbol in in front of the CD, so that I am naturally installing from the > Internet rather than the CD which is often elsewhere.) > There's a GUI to enable the extra repositories, at System > Administration > Software Properties (or Software Sources, or something like that - it should be just above "Synaptic Package Manager" on the menu). This is easier than editing the file. Also Mark mistyped the filename - it should be /etc/apt/sources.list. Just to clarify my syntax above, System > Administration etc. means "Click the word 'System' near the top of the screen, then click the 'Administration' word on the menu that appears, then...". > 3ii: Run "sudo aptitude update" which will update the package manager with > the appropriate information about where to get the new server files from. > > 3iii: I tend to run the ftp server from the so-called "INETD" superserver, > so I need to install that first with "sudo aptitude install netkit-inetd" > > 3iv: Then I can run "sudo aptitude install proftpd" and install the FTP > server. > HTH Hwyl, Neil. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
