OVH Seedbox & Fedora

[fatcat69]

I changed the default dir where anon logs in:

anon_root=/data/directory

to

anon_root=/home

Now, when I log in to ftp stuff as a user, it defaults to

/home/user

and all I have to do is click the up directory button, works for me

Lucky! lol

naq and me have been playing with my box for about 2 hours trying to figure out why users cant log on but root can via vsftpd


We think its...selinux.

but im done messing with it...for now

[SgtMajor]

naq and me have been playing with my box for about 2 hours

[filonome]

ahhh man you're so lucky, how did you get that offer?

[fatcat69]

naq and me have been playing with my box for about 2 hours

ya he looked at it for about an hour on his own and we have come to the conclusion that its lame and centos would have been a better linux to start with lol

But its working nicely...I just cant make ftp accounts work to the fullest...yet.

[Wormtail]

I have a doubt remaining. can we run torrents on the seedbox safely ?

[fatcat69]

I have a doubt remaining. can we run torrents on the seedbox safely ?

lol

it might have helped to use a different nick in their forum

but be paranoid all you want, while I enjoy using mine to seed linux distros...


(righttttt)

[barakokula]

Well,after a whole day of torment,i finally did it. Never seen the blasted linux thing before,but now my fedora box is ready for action.

Thx to Sgt,naq,fisherman,fatcat and the rest of you guys.

Just have one question...what ports do i have to leave open for torrenting? Just one random one i choose or do i have to leave 80,81 or some other for trackers to work?
I was thinking of blocking everything except one for ssh,one for ftp and one for utorrent. Is that ok?

How-to(what do i have to write in putty/iptables) do it,would be greatly appreciated.
My eyes will popout if i read one more tutorial.

[fatcat69]

Well,after a whole day of torment,i finally did it. Never seen the blasted linux thing before,but now my fedora box is ready for action.

Thx to Sgt,naq,fisherman,fatcat and the rest of you guys.

Just have one question...what ports do i have to leave open for torrenting? Just one random one i choose or do i have to leave 80,81 or some other for trackers to work?
I was thinking of blocking everything except one for ssh,one for ftp and one for utorrent. Is that ok?

How-to(what do i have to write in putty) do it,would be greatly appreciated.
My eyes will popout if i read one more tutorial.

You can do that to block your ports, thats fine.

I recommend switching your port for ssh:

nano etc/ssh/sshd_config

Uncomment the port part where you see it say port 22, remove the 22 and make it some random number. Just better that way.

Same with FTP, use some random port number, make sure you have it set up on ssl...

http://wiki.vpslink.com/index.php?title=Configuring_vsftpd_for_secure_connections_(TLS/SSL/SFTP)


http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/w...P_Server_Setup



and thats as far as I have gotten really in the past day. Set up utorrent, webui, ftp, vnc, fluxbox, and just enjoying it for now.

I also recommend changing the password for the root access if you havent disabled it.
type:

passwd root

and enter in new password

right now naq and me are setting up a more appropriate tutorial with screenshots and what not, well he started it, im just helping.

not bad for 1 day of linux huh ;-)

[o_O]

ok, so I got a freebie KimiSurf seedbox for 12 months!!

I choose Fedora distro based on a recommendation.

Does this guide still apply?

https://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-gui...through-169620

wtf do I start?

Not specifics (ok some!!), but more guides & walkthroughs would be appreciated.

And they've just limited the BW to 100000 Kbps for the freebies

try torrentflux b4rt then

[barakokula]

Great,thx for the speedy reply.

I've done all of that,changed default ports,removed root ....all of the things mentioned on this thread. All i have to now is close everything and leave those 3 ports open. But i must rest first.

edit: ok ,seems i have a problem. when i close vnc viever on my computer utorrent on wine also closes.

Also, when i type in 'wine utorrent' i get missing file error and i have to go to putty again and do wget . Although the utorrent.exe is on the seedbox(i see it through ftp,it's in /home).

Very strange,dunno what to do,what am i doing wrong.