Ubuntu 14 Instructions

Installation

You will be using the Ubuntu 14.04 Server AMD64 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. Get out of DHCP set up. Manually set the IP info.

4. Wait

5. IF NO OTHER OPERATING SYSTEMS: Erase Disk and Install Ubuntu.

5b. IF OTHER OSes:

Select a drive; set to ext3, mountpoint: /, install.

Be careful! This install does not understand RAID. See potential pitfalls for more information should you experience issues.

6. Where are you? New York. 7. English, English (US)

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

Option for additional software---choose openSSH server.

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

- ssh lab@ipaddress

- sudo passwd

- exit

- ssh root@ipaddress

- userdel lab

- rm -rf /home/lab

Update / Upgrade

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

LDAP / KDM

apt-get install kdm kubuntu-desktop plasma-desktop
edit /etc/kde4/kdm/kdmrc
Change AllowRootLogin to true.

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: ldap files
nss_group=group: ldap files
nss_shadow=shadow: ldap files
nss_netgroup=netgroup: ldap files
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/kdm 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

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.

Need to alter /etc/nsswitch.conf

     Reorder all ldap files to compat ldap

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

scp 10.20.3.8:/root/keep/jdk* .

apt-get install amarok mplayer firefox thunderbird blackbox fluxbox gimp blender vim emacs xemacs21 nano gedit nedit jedit gcc php5 perl ruby irb python audacity pidgin gdb xfce4 vlc swi-prolog htop screen kdm 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

Graphical menus:
- No configuration

Printing (CUPS)

Printer Info:

Name: Starkweather
Host: starkweather.cs.transy.edu
IP: 10.20.3.6
Model: HP Color Laserjet 4500N
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 "BSC 106" -D "Lexmark T642" -P ./Lexmark-T642-Postscript.ppd -E
Set watson as default printer
- lpadmin -d watson

Hosts

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	
10.20.3.46	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

At Boot

update-rc.d -f apache2 remove
update-rc.d -f apparmor remove
Edit /etc/rc.local - add echo "2147483648" > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

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

Potential Pitfalls

The machine is frozen while trying to mount something! (Also: GDM freezes on start-up)

- Switch to terminal 1; if it works, then it's a GDM issue. GDM freezes on start up. Fix unknown; use KDM!

When logging into an LDAP user on KDM, the log-in screen disappears but no welcome screen appears.

- Purge Plasma-Desktop and reinstall Plasma-Desktop / Kubuntu-Desktop. See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2133661

I keep getting a "??? ???" error during the initial install, after partitioning the hard drive

- The Ubuntu install does not understand RAID. In order to partition hard drives, you'll need to boot into the live CD (the first option when the installer comes up) and use GParted to partition the hard drive as you want. Reboot and install into whatever partition you like.

Note, selecting 'flashplugin-installer' instead of 'flashplugin-nonfree'
Package hpijs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsol
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:

 printer-driver-hpijs:i386 printer-driver-hpijs

Package openoffice.org is not available, but is referred 
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsol
is only available from another source
Package ffmpeg is not available, but is referred to by an
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsol
is only available from another source
Package mozilla-plugin-vlc is not available, but is referge.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsol
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:

 vlc-data browser-plugin-vlc:i386 browser-plugin-vlc

Package xlockmore is not available, but is referred to by
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsol
is only available from another source

E: Package 'openoffice.org' has no installation candidate E: Package 'hpijs' has no installation candidate E: Unable to locate package cupsys E: Unable to locate package libglui-dev E: Unable to locate package libglui2c2 E: Unable to locate package libglut3-dev E: Unable to locate package libglut3 E: Package 'ffmpeg' has no installation candidate E: Package 'mozilla-plugin-vlc' has no installation candi E: Unable to locate package libsvn-ruby E: Unable to locate package libglui-dev E: Unable to locate package libglui2c2 E: Unable to locate package kompozer E: Unable to locate package kompozer-dev E: Package 'xlockmore' has no installation candidate

Ubuntu 14 Instructions

Contents

Installation

Configuration

Setting up root SSH

Removing the 'lab' generic account and changing root password

Update / Upgrade

LDAP / KDM

Filesystems

Software

Printing (CUPS)

starkweather

watson

Hosts

At Boot

Remove Shutdown

Potential Pitfalls

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Ubuntu 14 Instructions

Installation

Configuration

Setting up root SSH

Removing the 'lab' generic account and changing root password

Update / Upgrade

LDAP / KDM

Filesystems

Software

Printing (CUPS)

starkweather

watson

Hosts

At Boot

Remove Shutdown

Potential Pitfalls

Navigation menu

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