Setting up my first #HomeLab and installed #ubuntuserver on an old MacBook Air…. I can’t even connect to my WiFi; I’m well out of my depth here 
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Okay this is wild: I just noticed that changing 'PasswordAuthentication' to 'no' in /etc/ssh/sshd_config is no longer enough to disable password authentication in #ubuntu. That's because Ubuntu Server now by default creates a sshd_config.d/50-cloud-init.conf file which contains 'PasswordAuthentication yes' which takes priority over sshd_config.
I would've unknowingly left password auth on if I hadn't double checked.
Why?
More: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1516262/why-is-50-cloud-init-conf-created
Ask UbuntuWhy is "50-cloud-init.conf" created?I was setting up an ubuntu server and, like 99% of all people, one of the first things I do is to disable password authentication in favor of keys.
On other distros and in other times this is done by
Can anyone recommend a cheap, readily-available USB (or even PCI-E) WiFi adapter that'll get along with Ubuntu Server? I'm trying to set up an old desktop as a media server but the ancient dongle I have doesn't want to play along. I'm in the US, so stuff in Amazon is fine.
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@xeniac I know that this is the case, but it's not a technical unavoidance despite the #RaspberryPi being a non-#UEFI - #arm device.
- Even on the old, #32bit boards.
The solution in that regard would be to boot into a #live / #setup mode like with #RaspberryPiOS for #i586-based #PCs and extend it to a setup that allows creating a new custom image with #LUKS - #FDE enabled and properly encrypted.
- OFC on a #Pi0W that would mean one would've to plug in a 2nd MicroSD with a USB-Adapter but that's not the Point.
I'm not even demanding much, just a simple #TUI / #CLI setup like @ubuntu / #UbuntuServer has with basic customizations.
- I'm not even expecting it to go so far as to offer including #dropbear - #SSH in the #initramfs so one can boot into the encrypted install and unlock it remotely. Just gimme the blinking cursor at the boot asking me to enter the password for the encrypted partition...
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@SweetAIBelle I also want @OS1337 to be not only a simple to use and customize and port distro but one that takes the notion of "only 1337hax0rz use the terminal/command line!" and throws that out of the window, because something as powerful and intimidating as tmux can be made easier to use if it's supplied with like a good preconfiguration...
Just like the welcome screen on #OS1337 and how everything from like early #Windows & #MSDOS to #UbuntuServer to this day can ease users into a system and help them setup stuff...
man.openbsd.orgtmux(1) - OpenBSD manual pages
My new #NAS, aka "scratch" (after an unfortunate incident with one of the case panels) is up and running.
Thanks to anonymous and anonymous(?) and @directhex for all the support and @jpm for the future support ;)
It turns out Ubuntu Server performs an unattended upgrade right after install. Rebooting, powering off or kicking away your machine will cause a lot of broken dependencies.
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