Networking
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Click on the Administrator Mode... and enter your user password to gain administrator privileges.
Select the Domain Name System tab. Enter the name of the computer in the Hostname field.
Click Apply, close all open applications and reboot.
In the Location Bar, enter the following:
For SSH, use:
ssh://username@ssh.server.com
For FTP, use:
ftp://username@ftp.server.com
For SFTP, use:
sftp://username@sftp.server.com
Replace username with your username and replace everything after the @ symbol with the server's address. You will be prompted for a password if needed. If there is no username (anonymous) omit the username and the @ symbol.
Alternatively, to specify your password manually, change one of the above like so:
ftp://username:password@ftp.server.com
A firewall protects a computer system from unauthorized access. It is not normally necessary to install a firewall on a Kubuntu system, because by default, access to the system is closed. However, if you run any services which you allow other computers to access (for example, the Apache web server), it is advisable to install a firewall. Guarddog is a program which allows you to control Linux's firewall through a graphical interface.
Install the Guarddog package from the Universe repository (see the section called “Managing Repositories”).
After it is installed, run the Guarddog by choosing → →
Enter your password in the Run as root -KDE su dialog box which pops up.
Click the Help in the Firewall Configuration window for details on using Guarddog.
Etherape displays network activity among different hosts using circles of varying size.
Install the etherape package from the Universe repository (see the section called “Managing Repositories”).
Choose: → →
Ethereal is a network traffic analyzer/sniffer that captures packets off the network in real time and displays their contents.
Install the ethereal package from the Universe repository (see the section called “Managing Repositories”).
Choose: → →
