turning a desktop install into a server

[Ashley Benton]

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Joshua Solomin <jsolomin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I recently installed the Ubuntu desktop edition, and got things
> working; but what I really want to do is to make it a server-like box
> that is exclusively logged into remotely (from other machines on my
> home network).  I powered it down, unplugged monitor/keyboard/mouse,
> put it in its new location, and turned it on -- but as far as I could
> tell, the (wireless) networking didn't even start; I had to lug over
> the periphals and plug them in, then log in to Ubuntu, then unplug
> them again.
>
> So now I have a box that I can remotely access (and on which I'm
> actually still logged in locally).  But what if I have to reboot --
> how can I set it up such that it doesn't need the peripherals at all,
> and I can log into it remotely without having to log in locally first?
>
>
The easiest way is to allow remote access like that you can log in from the
computers allowed. If I remember you should find it in
system...something..don't have my computer in front of me sorry. I would
think that later you will want to create a ssh connection or samba
connection which work differently and use less CPU on the computer you use
to log into your server.

Good luck

Meg


> thanks,
> Joshua
>
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