Having wasted too much time installing Ubuntu on a laptop recently, I thought it would be helpful for the future self to document the issues.
Issues
I'm seeing one or more of the following issues with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
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| Migrate SSH keys from Putty to OpenSSH | https:// |
| What are the correct permissions for the .ssh folder? | Typically you want the .ssh directory permissions to be 700 (drwx------) and the public key (.pub file) to be 644 (-rw-r--r--). Your private key (id_rsa) should be 600 (-rw-------). Lastly, your home directory should not be writeable by the group or others (at most 755 (drwxr-xr-x)). |
| How do I connect to our team networkshare automatically on startup? |
sudo su apt install cifs-utils echo "//path/to/windows-share /mnt/team cifs credentials=/etc/samba/credentials,uid=1000 0 0" >> /etc/stab cat > /etc/samba/credentials <<EOC username=UserName password=PassWord EOC chown root.root /etc/samba/credentials && chmod 400 /etc/samba/credentialsChange the username and password appropriately verify your userid is 1000 with id -u UserName |
| I skipped creating a passphase for my encrypted home directory, how do I do it now? | run "ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase" in the terminal |
| How to stop the mouse sticking to the edges of the display | https:// |
| Can't install vagrant plugins | Download vagrant from vagrantup.com |
| nfsd is not installed | sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server |
| vagrant booting vms reports a timetout | delete (rm) the IdentityFile mentioned in vagrant ssh-config |
This document will get updated as I stumble and fix other issues.
App Alternatives
| Clipboard manager | https:// |
| Remote connection manager | https:// |
| Google Drive | https:// |
| Phrase Expansion | https:// |
| Screen Recorder | Kazam (https:// |