UBC Physics & Astronomy
dogo.phas.ubc.ca
142.103.239.214

Purchase Date: 2012-03-01

System Info

  • Motherboard: Intel DH67BL
  • BIOS Version: BLH6710H.86A.0122.2011.0601.1554
  • Processor:  Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz
  • Memory: DDR3 1333 8GB
  • Hard Disk: 2 x 1TB SATA Blue HDD
  • Video: nVIDIA GeForce 210
  • Network: Intel 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
  • MAC Address: 38:60:77:30:6a:17
  • Optical Drive: DVD RW


    • Initial Setup
    Disable Guest account 
    sudo cp /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.org
sudo vi /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

    Add the following line:

    allow-guest=false
    Enable root login 
    sudo passwd root
    Configure CUPS

    Make sure the following lines are in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf file

    Browsing On
BrowseOrder allow,deny
BrowseAllow all
BrowseRemoteProtocols CUPS
BrowseLocalProtocols
BrowsePoll print.phas.ubc.ca
    Enable ssh 
    sudo apt-get install openssh-server
    Modify /etc/fstab, add the following lines 
    #
ariel.phas.ubc.ca:/home           	/home             nfs     rw,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,intr,bg      0 0
ariel.phas.ubc.ca:/export/astro_lnx  	/ASTRO            nfs     rw,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,hard,intr,bg      0 0
    Move local home directory 
    mv /home /lhome
mkdir /home
mkdir /ASTRO
vi /etc/passwd

    Change home in the passwd file to lhome

    Install nfs-common 
    sudo apt-get install nfs-common
    Mount home and ASTRO 
    mount -a
    Activate Maple gets Unable to determin the host ID error 
    apt-get install lsb-core
cp /opt/maple15/bin/maple15.desktop /usr/share/applications/.

    For more assistance contact Ron Parachoniak, rap@phas.ubc.ca
     
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