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  • August 18, 2014 at 1:55 pm #179613
    Alen
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    Neither of those worked either.

    Creating alias.

    I never had to create an alias to use the dropbox as a service to my knowledge.

    Again how did you initially start it. Aliases are created during install process.

    It doesn’t really matter tho, just create one now, following directions above. And Centos is fine, there’s nothing inherently better in Ubuntu. I just never used it.

    Don’t worry about any of it actually, fix the dropbox folder issues first. Nothing is “broken”.

    August 18, 2014 at 1:57 pm #179616
    nixnerd
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    I’m getting command not found.

    Maybe you don’t have nano installed? But I SERIOUSLY doubt it. I’ve installed completely barebones setups that at a bare minimum have nano and vi. Those are pretty constant.

    August 18, 2014 at 2:00 pm #179619
    Alen
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    Maybe you don’t have nano installed?

    Chris, how do you edit text files on the server?

    August 18, 2014 at 2:49 pm #179634
    chrisburton
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    @AlenAbdula Sorry. I’m use to people tagging me. I use Coda to edit files (if I had to before installing Dropbox).

    August 18, 2014 at 2:53 pm #179636
    Alen
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    On your server?

    Or do you FTP the files after editing locally?

    August 18, 2014 at 2:55 pm #179637
    nixnerd
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    The latter. I see a huge opportunity here…

    August 18, 2014 at 3:21 pm #179652
    chrisburton
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    @AlenAbdula

    On your server?

    I login via SFTP and edit the files directly on my server.

    August 18, 2014 at 3:23 pm #179654
    nixnerd
    Participant

    That’s probably the issue. Do you know how to SSH into that bad boy? Or are you just using a console?

    August 18, 2014 at 3:41 pm #179670
    chrisburton
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    That’s probably the issue. Do you know how to SSH into that bad boy

    I’m using SSH via Terminal also.

    August 18, 2014 at 4:03 pm #179689
    nixnerd
    Participant

    Ok… so when you run nano nothing happens? Seriously?

    August 18, 2014 at 4:10 pm #179696
    Alen
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    I login via SFTP and edit the files directly on my server.

    Am I missing something, how is this possible?

    To execute commands on server, it has to be SSH. Right?

    Coda, is not installed on the VPS. So you must be downloading the files and reuploading it. Somehow.

    August 18, 2014 at 4:16 pm #179697
    nixnerd
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    Nah, read here Alen:

    I’m using SSH via Terminal also.

    I don’t think he means with SFTP.

    August 18, 2014 at 4:20 pm #179698
    chrisburton
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    I guess you’re right, Alen. I can edit the files via Coda which basically opens up the contents of the file in ST2 (or reads them and then copies the content in ST2) and then uploads the file when I save. Sorry for the confusion.

    But I’m also using SSH via Terminal for simple stuff (which I’m practically screwing up).


    @Joe_Temp     Right now it won’t even let me login via SSH. Working on that right now.

    August 18, 2014 at 4:32 pm #179699
    nixnerd
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    @Chrisburton: You may have root login disabled or even login via password disabled. Did your guy set you up with some SSH keys?

    August 18, 2014 at 4:41 pm #179700
    chrisburton
    Participant

    @Joe_Temp I got it. I had to delete the known_hosts file on my desktop.

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