Copying to remote machines

To copy a file to a remote machine run the following

scp ~/file/to/be/transfered username@hostname:~/destinationfolder

If you want to copy a directory you would use -r which would look like this

scp -r  /folder/to/be/transfered username@hostname:/path/to/destination

and if you want to specify a SSH port use -P which would look like this

scp -P port-here /file/to/be/transfered username@hostname:/path/to/destination

Grabbing from remote machines

To grab a file from a remote machine you would run the following

scp username@hostname:~/path/to/file/you/want /path/where/you/want/to/save/the/file

If you wanted a folder you would use -r which would look like this

scp -r username@hostname:~/path/to/folder/you/want /path/where/you/want/to/save/the/folder

and if you wanted to specify a SSH port use -P which would look like this

scp -P port-here username@hostname:~/path/to/file/you/want /path/to/destination

Mounting folders over SSH

Using SSHFS we can mount folders over ssh. To get started you'll need to installl sshfs

apt-get install sshfs

Create a dir to mount the files too and give your user ownership over it

mkdir /media/sshmount
chown username /media/sshmount

Then add your user to fuse group

adduser username fuse

You should be then able to mount using the following command

sshfs username@hostname:/path/to/folder/you/want/to/mount /media/sshmount

For Windows Users

If your on windows and you want to send or grab files over ssh you can using pscp
To send a file you would run the following

pscp C:\file\to\be\transfered username@hostname:/path/to/destination

To grab a file you would run the following

pscp username@hostname:~/path/to/file/you/want C:\path\where\you\want\the\file\saved

When using pscp the -r switch will work for folders and -P will also work for port

1. First we need to create the key

   ssh-keygen -t rsa

2. Then we need to move it over to the machine that we want to be able to login too without the need for a password to do this run the following command

   scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub OTHER-MACHINES-IP:.ssh/authorized_keys

3. You should now be able to ssh into that machine without needing a password

First step is to make a MySQL database, user and permissions for that user.

Secondly, you go to the directory that you want to put WordPress in and get the files:

wget http://www.wordpress.org/latest.zip
unzip wordpress-*.zip
cd wordpress
mv * ../
rm -R wordpress

The next step is to edit the wp-config-sample.php file (using your favorite editor such as nano, vi, etc.) and putting in your MySQL info for the WordPress database.

nano wp-config-sample.php

Then change the following

define('DB_NAME', 'YOUR-DATABASE-NAME-GOES-HERE');
define('DB_USER', 'YOUR-DATABASE-USER');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'YOUR-DATABASE-PASSWORD');

You then have to rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php

mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

The final step is to go to the website you are installing WordPress on and fill out the information and it will install on the MySQL Database. It will then give you a login name and password and you can go from there.

I hope you can put this tutorial to use by using WordPress for your site.

Check that you have a serial port and it is enabled in your bios

dmesg | grep tty

root@duffys-place:~# dmesg | grep tty
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A

Configuring Lilo

1. open up /etc/lilo.conf

   nano /etc/lilo.conf

2. Find the the serial line and change it to the following:

   serial=0,38400n8

3. Now edit your kernel settings so they include the line

   append="console=ttyS0,38400n8"

   It should look something like this

   default=Linux
   image=/vmlinuz
           label=Linux
           append = "console=ttyS0,38400n8"
           initrd=/initrd.img

4. Run /sbin/lilo to apply the changes

Enable Logins

1. Open up /etc/inittab

   nano /etc/inittab

   and add the following line

   T0:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 38400 vt100

Testing It

1. Plug one end of your null modem cable into your server and the other into your computer
2. Open your terminal client i used putty hyperterminal works fine too
3. Use the following settings:

   Port: COM1 or COM2(what ever your serial port is)
   Bits per second: 38400
   Data bits: 8
   Parity: None
   Stop bits: 1
   Flow control: None

4. You should be able to see your console. If you have any issues feel free to leave a comment