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WM stands for Window Manager |
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Yeah, like (Awesome,PekWM,Metacity(the gnome default), etc.). I wouldn't use a full DE(Desktop Environment(includes window manager and panels etc) aside from maybe a *box DE like fluxbox,openbox etc which are all light weight but very easy to figure out and easy to work with. And if you ever wanna kill it, as spy said you can. If your just using it to test out you don't need hella performance out of it(The primary reason servers don't use GUI(Graphical User Interface)), but getting terminal prompt experience will be a plus for sure.
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yeah thanks, listen can someone PM me about doing anything, all the tutorials and stuff just does not make sense to me
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Orillian wrote:
yeah thanks, listen can someone PM me about doing anything, all the tutorials and stuff just does not make sense to me
Be more specific. Doing "anything" is a bit too... broad.

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Ok, I am trying to start apache, I know its installed, and i am fairly sure it works, but i type
apache2 start and all i get is a bunch of command extras, nothing says aything about starting it
Oh and i need to change the IP, as currently its default and Nmap refuses to scan it
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I have managed to change the IP and fix the command so that it now works, but i get another problem,
i get an error saying bad user name then some kind of variable name, and i dont know what i can do to fix it
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Post the exact error message you get. And what your doing that causes that error.
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I am running the following command as root:
apache2 -k start
and the error i get is:
bad user name ${APACHE_RUN_USER}
if i try to run it as normal user, it refuses to acknowledge that apache even exists
The same exists in both GUI command line and command line command line
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sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 -k start
Might I suggest however, you configure apache.conf so that you don't have to start it from /etc/init.d/.
Btw, a google search of EXACTLY what you posted gives you the answer, please do some research before asking us for help.

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Ok. I now have fixed it, I now have apache and an ftp installed on it, just one last problem, I can only access it locally, I cannot get the local network to talk to the virtual box network, can anyone advice me?
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basically, i have a loop back adapter installed on the local machine, and i dont know what i have installed on the virtual
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check your firewall and make sure its not blocking anything like can you ping the vm? |
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no, I can ping my physical machine from the virtual, but not the other way around
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may i ask if you are using vmware or virtual box or something else and make sure the connection is bridged that may or may not cause a problem and if all else fails reset everything to default on the vm or reinstall the vm completely you may have missed something that messed it up the first time around |
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i am running both VM ware and virtual box, i have the same version of debian installed on both, I think its something to do with the loopback
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