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source: http://www.noob2geek.com/linux/setup-vsftpd-debian-ubuntu/
the only thing you need to add to this tutorial is:
‘sudo chmod a-w /var/www/your_ftp_directory’
‘sudo mkdir /var/www/your_ftp_directory/new_directory’
server
SSH Public Key Based Authentication
Motivation: I want to acces to my Bluehost server from my local computer, make some file copies ‘scp’ but from a script executed by Crontab, so I don’t want to introduce my password manually.
Solution:
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Generate the key from your local machine (I don’t think it’s needed but, store the keys in ~/.ssh
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ssh-keygen -t rsa
ssh-keygen -t rsa
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Copy the public key to your server:
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scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub username@server_name_address:.ssh/authorized_keys2
scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub username@server_name_address:.ssh/authorized_keys2
Source: ciberciti
VIM tab configuration
Motivation: I like to edit files using VIM. In my server (Bluehost) the default configuration makes my ‘tab’ to produce really width spaces and I want it to be the size of 4 spaces.
Solution: I edited a file .vimrc and I placed in my home directory in my server. The content of this file is the following:
1 2 3 4 5 | set expandtab set smartindent set tabstop=4 set softtabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4 |
set expandtab set smartindent set tabstop=4 set softtabstop=4 set shiftwidth=4
Password Protect a Directory with .htaccess
Motivation: protect some directories from being accessed without authorisation.
Solution: using the .httaccess file. You just have to configure one and place it into the directory you want to protect. The code inside the file would look something like this:
1 2 3 4 | AuthType Basic AuthName "guest" AuthUserFile "/home/user/.htpasswds/public_html/directory2storepass/passwd" require valid-user |
AuthType Basic AuthName "guest" AuthUserFile "/home/user/.htpasswds/public_html/directory2storepass/passwd" require valid-user
Then you have to place the password in the directory you have chosen.
The source I’ve used.