Install needed

sudo apt-get install libpam-ldap libnss-ldap portmap openssh-server sendmail nfs-common

LDAP

Edit files for LDAP (128.178.70.40 / lthcserv1.epfl.ch - dc=lost - bind_policy soft)

/etc/libnss-ldap.conf
/etc/nss-ldap.conf
/etc/pam_ldap.conf

PAM & NSS

Edit files for pam & nss see http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/applications/ldapclient

/etc/nsswitch.conf
/etc/pam.d/common-account
/etc/pam.d/common-auth
/etc/pam.d/common-password
/etc/pam.d/common-session

NFS

Edit files for NFS (/etc/fstab) and add

lthcserv4.epfl.ch:/vol/vol0/home///username// /home///username// nfs rw,nfsvers=3,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr,addr=128.178.70.90 0 0
lthcserv1.epfl.ch:/export/opt             /opt/new       nfs rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0
lthcserv1.epfl.ch:/export/texmf           /opt/texmf     nfs ro,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0
lthcserv1.epfl.ch:/export/asis/usr.local  /opt/ul        nfs rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0
lthcserv1.epfl.ch:/export/asis/asis.local /opt/al        nfs rw,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 0 0

And exec :

sudo mkdir /home///username//
sudo mkdir /opt
sudo mkdir /opt/new
sudo mkdir /opt/texmf
sudo mkdir /opt/ul
sudo mkdir /opt/al

in “~/.bashrc” add “/opt/new/bin” to the “PATH”.

Mail config

(/etc/main/sendmail.cf) the line start with D replace by**

Dlthmail.epfl.ch

Cups

Edit files for cups activate browsing

/etc/cups/cupsd.conf

add

Browsing On

give admin access

sudo addgroupe //user// admin
sudo addgroupe damir admin

Fun Install

sudo apt-get install yakuake katapult

Add to /etc/hosts

192.168.1.3  students
192.168.1.11 radio1
192.168.1.12 radio2
192.168.1.13 radio3
192.168.1.2  fileserver

Route for labs

sudo route add -net 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 gw lcmpc10.epfl.ch

Log

change the /etc/logrotate.conf to monthly cadence and maintain the last 12 

months records for every log file.

you can remove the bluetooth subsystem, you don't need it, and it's unuseful also the check on the frequency, the fans are not controlled by the chipset.

you can stop the hp daemons they are used only to discover/use the HP printers directly, our printers accept to print only from the printers servers

SSH

edit file /etc/ssh/sshd_config change PermitRootLogin yes by

PermitRootLogin no

change X11Forwarding no by

X11Forwarding yes

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