Modifications Done for Networking

• Wifi power saving is disabled in /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/ wifi.powersave from 3 to 2
• ipv6 usage in avahi-daemon is turned off in /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf. This is to make .local resolve works better

Added Samba Services for Remote File Editing

1. sudo apt install samba

2. add current user to samba database

   sudo smbpasswd -a nvidia

   • to list users, use sudo pdbedit -L

3. edit /etc/samba/smb.conf, add at last:

   [home]

   path = /home/nvidia

   valid users = nvidia

   create mask = 0664

   directory mask = 0775

   browseable = yes

   writable = yes

   guest ok = no

   follow symlinks = yes

   [SD]

   path = /media/nvidia/SD

   valid users = nvidia

   create mask = 0664

   directory mask = 0775

   browseable = yes

   writable = yes

   guest ok = no

   follow symlinks = yes

   [rootfs]

   path = /

   admin users = nvidia

   force group = root

   create mask = 0644

   browseable = yes

   writable = yes

   guest ok = no

   follow symlinks = yes

• restart samba sudo systemctl restart smbd.service

To allow insecure symlinks to outside shared folder (Not needed)

[global]

allow insecure wide links = yes

[share]

wide links = yes

Enable Screen Sharing for VNC

• setup in ubuntu settings first, enable screen sharing
• then disable encryption by, sudo apt install dconf-tools, and in org.gnome.desktop.remote-access.require-encryption, turn off

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