Installation and First Run

System requirements

Requirements	Details
Operating system:	Any Linux-based OS with kernel 2.6.32 or greater, libssl 1.0 or greater

Downloading packages

To install USB over Network (Linux version) Server, download product installation package corresponding to your OS and architecture:

For Debian-based Linux distributions (e.g., Ubuntu, Debian, Mint), download .deb packages.
For other Linux distributions, select .tar.gz archives.

The latest program version is available at www.usb-over-network.com.

Installing from .deb Package

Simply install downloaded package with your preferred package manager or from the terminal by executing the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install ./ftusbnet-*.deb

Alternatively, you can use dpkg:

$ sudo dpkg -i ftusbnet-*.deb

Installing from .tar.gz archive

Unpack the archive to the /opt:

$ sudo tar -zxf ftusbnet-*.tar.gz -C /opt

Automated setup

To run the automated setup script your OS must have systemd, which most modern Linux distributions include.

Run the setup script with -i or --install option and it will do the rest:

$ sudo /opt/ftusbnet/bin/ftusbnet-setup.sh -i

Manual setup

Alternatively, you can start the daemon manually. You must run it as a root:

$ sudo /opt/ftusbnet/sbin/ftusbnetd -d

or:

$ su -c "/opt/ftusbnet/sbin/ftusbnetd -d"

To see the list of all supported options, run:

$ /opt/ftusbnet/sbin/ftusbnetd -h

Daemon settings initialization can be done with a configuration file. Further daemon management can be done via the graphical user interface application or command line utility.