Thread: Installing VNC on seedbox?

I've just purchased a box from evoboxes, thinking it was a pre set-up seedbox with vnc.... I was clearly wrong and should have read more into it! Through SSH I followed the instructions and got Deluge installed. I had a bash at getting VNC installed and it kinda works. I can see a very blank desktop with a terminal window, not the usual ubuntu desktop i expected. Now, is that because I've messed up installing the VNC (if so, does anyone have better instructions?) or have I just bought completely the wrong product for a novice?!

Follow this tutorial:

Debian/Ubuntu Dedicated Server Setup

It's very good.

Great! Got it working! But in the VNC, I appear to be logged on as root? I do I logon as a user?

In the guide that i linked you, follow the steps 4-6. They show you how to connect to VNC as user. If you already have a user added in your box, you can skip the 4th step and go directly to 5 and 6.

Thanks! All sorted and going! Next task is.... how do I set up a new FTP user and restrict them to a certain directory? Ideally I'd like something visual rather than command line if at all possible

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I've had a play around with adding a new user FTP. I managed to add a new user using useradd. Now, when I'm logged in as me, although I can see the new users directory, I can't write to or copy anything to their home folder while in VNC. Whats the best way of being able to do this?

ProFTPD mini-HOWTO - Symlinks and chroot()

Thanks - but I still have the other issue, how to I copy files from my account (while logged into it) to another users. Is that possible? Sorry, as I say, real Linux new guy here

Change the permission of the user's home folder to 777.

Superb - thanks! Even found a nice frontend for ProFTPD

This is probably a long shot but it there anyway to create a direct http link to a file for an end user?