Ubuntu 18 Instructions (in progress)

Installation

NONE OF THIS IS VALID YET!!!!!

You will be using the Ubuntu 18.04.3 Server install disc.

WARNING: The pre-packaged installer does not handle RAID well. GParted does. If partitioning is necessary, try it on live and use GParted to partition prior to installing using the below steps.

1. Select "English"

2. Select "Install Ubuntu Server"

3. Select obvious choices

4. When network setup comes, select manual

  a.  subnet 10.20.3.0/24
  b.  ip     whatever
  c.  gateway 10.20.3.1
  d.  nameservers 10.20.70.16, 10.20.70.17

5. When you are to set up the disks.

  a.  We use RAID 1 (mirror)
  b.  Make a partition on the first drive to be all the space - 85 gigs, leave unformatted
  c.  Partition second drive to be same, unformatted
  d.  Now, on the first, add a 75 gig partition /boot and ext4
  e.  On first, add remaining space to swap partition
  f.  Setup RAID 1 using the two partions from steps b, c
  g.  Format ext4 and set to /

6. Your name: Lab - Pick a username: lab - Password: qazzaq - Do not encrypt home folder.

Restart now.

Configuration

Setting up root SSH

- sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

- change PermitRootLogin yes

- sudo service ssh restart

Removing the 'lab' generic account and changing root password

- sudo passwd

- exit

- from a different machine, ssh root@ipaddress

- userdel lab

- rm -rf /home/lab

Update / Upgrade

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

LDAP / LightDM

apt-get install aptitude lightdm ubuntu-desktop kubuntu-desktop plasma-desktop

select lightdm

apt-get install auth-client-config libpam-ldap libnss-ldap ldap-auth-client ldap-auth-config
- LDAP server Uniform Resource Identifier: ldap://10.20.3.8
- Distinguished name of the search base: dc=cs,dc=transy,dc=edu
- LDAP version to use: 3
- Make local root Database admin: NO
- Does the LDAP database require login?: NO

Edit /etc/ldap.conf and change / check the following values:
- host 10.20.3.8
- base dc=cs,dc=transy,dc=edu (should be set already)
- uri ldap://10.20.3.8 (should be set already)
- bind_policy soft

Edit /etc/ldap/ldap.conf
- BASE dc=cs,dc=transy,dc=edu
- URI ldap://10.20.3.8

Edit /etc/auth-client-config/profile.d/transy

[transy]
nss_passwd=passwd: compat ldap 
nss_group=group: compat ldap
nss_shadow=shadow: compat ldap
nss_netgroup=netgroup: compat ldap
pam_auth=auth       required     pam_env.so
        auth       sufficient   pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
        auth       sufficient   pam_ldap.so use_first_pass
        auth       required     pam_deny.so
pam_account=account    sufficient   pam_unix.so
        account    sufficient   pam_ldap.so
        account    required     pam_deny.so
pam_password=password   sufficient   pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow use_authtok
        password   sufficient   pam_ldap.so use_first_pass
        password   required     pam_deny.so
pam_session=session    required     pam_limits.so
        session    required     pam_unix.so
        session    optional     pam_ldap.so

auth-client-config -a -p transy
Add the following line near the very top of /etc/pam.d/lightdm AND /etc/pam.d/login

auth    optional        pam_group.so

Add the following to the BOTTOM of /etc/security/group.conf:

# This will force all users that logon into these groups
login;*;*;Al0000-2400;cdrom,floppy,plugdev,audio,dip
#kdm;*;*;Al0000-2400;cdrom,floppy,plugdev,audio,dip,video
#gdm;*;*;Al0000-2400;cdrom,floppy,plugdev,audio,dip,video
lightdm;*;*;Al0000-2400;cdrom,floppy,plugdev,audio,dip,video

Test LDAP authentication - if "id USERNAME" returns with info about the user... all is good. (Maybe)

root@clarke:~# id kmoorman
uid=1129(kmoorman) gid=110(faculty) groups=110(faculty),800(camp),2100(linux)

Make sure you can log-in via KDM! See Potential Pitfalls.

Filesystems

apt-get install nfs-common
mkdir /classes
mkdir /labdata
Edit /etc/fstab

Add:


# NFS Filesystems
10.20.3.8:/data/exportfs/home           /home           nfs     defaults,rw
10.20.3.8:/data/exportfs/classes        /classes        nfs     defaults,rw
10.20.3.8:/data/exportfs/labdata        /labdata        nfs     defaults,rw

Log-in to Babbage
edit /etc/exports
exportfs -a
exit
ssh root@IP
mount -a
Ensure the NFS filesystems loaded with "ls /home" "ls /classes" "ls /labdata"

Software

apt-get install amarok mplayer firefox thunderbird blackbox fluxbox gimp blender vim emacs xemacs21 nano gedit nedit jedit gcc php perl ruby irb python audacity pidgin gdb xfce4 vlc swi-prolog htop screen mutt eclipse libxi-dev libxmu-dev spim tk make ant xorg k3b kubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop mesa-utils flashplugin-nonfree alsa-utils lbreakout2 subversion subversion-tools patch libsvn-perl python-subversion g++ gcc build-essential libxi-dev libxmu-dev mysql-client clisp lynx lbreakout2 csh mesa-utils dia-common git libappindicator1 libindicator7 suckless-tools virtualbox cura ruby-dev libmysqlclient-dev dos2unix flex bison cmake libfftw3-dev

Install chrome

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Install Makerware (BROKEN)

apt-add-repository http://downloads.makerbot.com/makerware/ubuntu
wget http://downloads.makerbot.com/makerware/ubuntu/dev@makerbot.com.gpg.key
apt-key add dev@makerbot.com.gpg.key
apt-add-repository ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes
apt-get update
apt-get install makerware

Printing (CUPS)

Printer Info:

Name: starkweather
Host: starkweather.cs.transy.edu
IP: 10.20.3.6
Model: HP Color Laserjet 400
Trays: 1

Name: Watson
Host: watson.cs.transy.edu
IP: 10.20.3.7
Model: Lexmark T642 (B&W)
Trays: 1

starkweather

hp-setup -i 10.20.3.6
Print Queue Name: starkweather
Yes

Location: TURING Lab

Additional Information: HP Color Laserjet Pro 400

watson

scp 10.20.3.8:/root/keep/Lexmark* .
lpadmin -p watson -v socket://10.20.3.7:9100 -L "TURING Lab" -D "Lexmark T642" -P ./Lexmark-T642-Postscript.ppd -E
Set watson as default printer
- lpadmin -d watson

Hosts

IGNORE FOR RIGHT NOW

Add these entries to /etc/hosts
- Be sure to remove the original line in /etc/hosts for that host (no duplicates, please)

# Servers
10.20.3.4	hollerith.cs.transy.edu	hollerith
10.20.3.9	kay.cs.transy.edu	kay
10.20.3.8	babbage.cs.transy.edu	babbage

# Workstations
## SGI
10.20.3.5	sammett.cs.transy.edu	sammett

## Mac Minis
10.20.3.13	holberton.cs.transy.edu	holberton
10.20.3.30	morello.cs.transy.edu	morello
10.20.3.19	hoover.cs.transy.edu	hoover
10.20.3.29	bartik.cs.transy.edu	bartik
10.20.3.3	calvin.cs.transy.edu	calvin
10.20.3.47	lamarr.cs.transy.edu 	lamarr	
10.20.3.48	spence.cs.transy.edu	spence	

## Linux
10.20.3.15	burks.cs.transy.edu	burks
10.20.3.14	clarke.cs.transy.edu	clarke
10.20.3.25	fox.cs.transy.edu	fox
10.20.3.23	garrett.cs.transy.edu	garrett
10.20.3.21	granville.cs.transy.edu	granville
10.20.3.11	hopper.cs.transy.edu	hopper
10.20.3.12	lovelace.cs.transy.edu	lovelace
10.20.3.28	winters.cs.transy.edu	winters
10.20.3.26	forsythe.cs.transy.edu	forsythe
10.20.3.42	goldstine.cs.transy.edu goldstine	
10.20.3.43      lichterman.cs.transy.edu lichterman
10.20.3.45      antonelli.cs.transy.edu antonelli
10.20.3.46	mayer.cs.transy.edu	mayer 

## Mac
10.20.3.20      borg.cs.transy.edu  	borg 

# Other
10.20.3.22	bonnie.cs.transy.edu	bonnie

# Color HP Laser Printer
10.20.3.6       starkweather.cs.transy.edu starkweather

# B&W Lexmark Laser Printer
10.20.3.7       watson.cs.transy.edu watson

Set proper timezone

timedatectl

If not the proper one, then issue

timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York

Install NVidia Drivers

add-apt-repository ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
apt-get update

ubuntu-drivers devices

Check the recommended drivers.

apt-get install nvidia-384 (for example)

Dr. Bob Things

A number of things now need to be set up for Dr. Bob to do his computational chemistry.

Edit /etc/rc.local - add echo "2147483648" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax
scp babbage:/root/keep/postBigSoftware.sh .
bash postBigSoftware.sh

At Boot

update-rc.d -f apache2 remove
update-rc.d -f apparmor remove

Remove Shutdown

While logged in as root:
mv /sbin/shutdown /sbin/shutoff
The computer will now be unable to shut down except for the power button and calling the shutoff file like this:
shutoff -h now

Ubuntu 18 Instructions (in progress)

Contents

Installation

Configuration

Setting up root SSH

Removing the 'lab' generic account and changing root password

Update / Upgrade

LDAP / LightDM

Filesystems

Software

Printing (CUPS)

starkweather

watson

Hosts

Set proper timezone

Install NVidia Drivers

Dr. Bob Things

At Boot

Remove Shutdown

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Ubuntu 18 Instructions (in progress)

Installation

Configuration

Setting up root SSH

Removing the 'lab' generic account and changing root password

Update / Upgrade

LDAP / LightDM

Filesystems

Software

Printing (CUPS)

starkweather

watson

Hosts

Set proper timezone

Install NVidia Drivers

Dr. Bob Things

At Boot

Remove Shutdown

Navigation menu

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