Use free software to set up work environment

This paper records howto use free software to set up my working environment.

My host machine is IBM t430, whose os is win7. I want to use win7 for office issues and ubuntu for work issues.

1.Download vmplayer, which is used as a virtual machine software.

 

2.Download ubuntu 10.04.

 

3.Install ubuntu 10.04 on vmplayer.

 

4.Add samba on ubuntu

1)sudo apt-get install samba

2)mkdir /home/darcy/share

3)chmod 777 /home/darcy/share

4)config samba's setting

sudo vim /etc/samba/smb.conf

add the lines below:

[Share]

comment = Shared Folder with username and password

path = /home/darcy/share

public = yes

writable = yes

valid users = new

create mask = 0700

directory mask = 0700

force user = nobody

force group = nogroup

available = yes

browseable = yes

5)add username and password for samba's guest

sudo useradd new

sudo smbpasswd -a new

6)add smbusers

sudo vim /etc/samba/smbusers

new = “network username”

7)restart samba 

sudo /etc/init.d/smbd restart

 

5.setup ssh-server on ubuntu

sudo apt-get install openssh-server

 

6.install xshell on win7

xshell is used to access ubuntu and home gateway's console

xshell for home use is free of charge

7.config vmware

1)add two NIC: 

One is working in bridge mode with static ip (192.168.231.128 gw 192.168.231.2 mask:255.255.255.0) for samba.

The other one is in nat mode with dhcp for network access.

2)Adjust ubuntu's resolution to high definition, or else the window is small.