I wanted a way to lock my desktop icons in place in Mint Linux Mate ( Linux Mint 22 Wilma base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble) I also wanted a way to restore them to a set position if they got moved, maybe after a monitor failed or my laptop was off dock. I tried a few […]
The Problem Running up a new Ubunutu 24.04 LTS server I changed the SSH port in /etc/ssh/sshd_conf in the normal way: Port 1234 I restarted ssh sudo systemctl restart ssh but the port had not changed. A recheck, restart, reboot and much frustration later I discovered that Ubuntu 22.10 onward now uses ‘socket-based’ activation not […]
The Problem ( Summary) Disabling ssh password authentication in sshd_config, no longer works. After disabling it you can still log into an Ubuntu server (22.04.3 in my case) using a password. There is a description of my process and a fix below. My Experience I’ve just installed Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS. Set up SSH as I […]
