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Today on part 5 of How to build the Ultimate Linux Home Server, we will be installing a web administration tool so that we can have our home server be headless, so we will be using Webmin.

Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.

If you missed a section of How to build the Ultimate Linux Home Server, you can view them here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.

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Today on part 4 of how to build the Ultimate Linux Home Server, we’ll be setting up FUPPES to stream and transcode our media to various devices that support UPNP, such as the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.

Some of the features of FUPPES are :

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Today’s section, Part 3 of How to build the Ultimate Linux Home Server, is on adding users to OpenSUSE via the command line and configuring Samba for sharing files. I’ve decided to do the guide on how to add users the old fashion way mainly because it’s faster and easier to do it via the terminal, and I’ve done it many, many times.

Adding users is crucial to having Samba working. Since we aren’t running an LDAP or NIS server, we are using local authentication on the Linux server to allow access to the shares.

If you missed a section of How to build the Ultimate Linux Home Server, you can view them here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 4, Part 5

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Today we will be setting up DHCP and DNS. While these two aren’t completely necessary, some people may benefit from this.

DHCP is a network protocol that is used to allocate IP addresses to client devices connected to the network. By default, any home router that you would buy uses DHCP to give the clients IP addresses, making it extremely easy to connect a new device to any home network. If you want to leave your home router to manage the allocation of IP’s, you can just skip to the DNS part.

DNS is used as a “phone book” to turn human readable names, such as www.32packets.com, into the IP address that the server/client uses.

If you missed the first part, Installing OpenSUSE, here is Part 1

Part two after the Jump

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Nowadays, most households have multiple computers and media devices, and sharing files and media between them all can be extremely messy. The best solution would be a home server of course!

I’ll be separating the whole guide into multiple parts. By the end, we will have accomplished:

* Installing OpenSUSE onto your Home Server
* DHCP
* DNS
* SMB/NFS File Sharing
* Media Sharing
* VPN

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