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DISABLE WAYLAND FOR SUPPORT MESH COMPATIBILITY

1 Log out of account to exit to the Lock screen
2 Select your account and go to the bottom right to click the gear icon
3 Select Gnome on Xorg 
4 Input password to proceed with login

Open Terminal

sudo -i
nano  /etc/gdm/custom.conf
1 Go to the line #WaylandEnable=false  and Delete the hashtag '#' 
2 To exit:     CTRL      +      'X' 
3 Select     'Y'    for    yes
4 To save:    'enter'   key 
sudo systemctl restart gdm

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CHANGE COMPUTER NAME

1

Go to SETTINGS   ->   ABOUT   ->   DEVICE NAME   

PC Name example:   MYDNS-IT-C12-L.M21.GOV.LOCAL
2 Restart device for name change to take effect

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TO JOIN THE DOMAIN

Open Terminal

sudo dnf install realmd sssd oddjob oddjob-mkhomedir adcli samba-common-tools -y
sudo unlink /etc/resolv.conf
sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

Input the IP Address and the Domain Name into file

172.16.21.161
M21.GOV.LOCAL
1 To exit:     CTRL      +      'X' 
2 Select     'Y'    for    yes
3 To save:    'enter'   key 
sudo nano /etc/hosts

Input the following lines into file

172.16.21.161    m21.gov.local M21.GOV.LOCAL
172.16.21.16    mydns-0ic16.m21.gov.local mydns-0ic16
1 To exit:     CTRL      +      'X' 
2 Select     'Y'    for    yes
3 To save:    'enter'   key 
sudo realm discover M21.GOV.LOCAL
ping M21.GOV.LOCAL
To stop ping:       CTRL     +      'C' 
sudo realm join -v M21.GOV.LOCAL ––U ent_username@M21.GOV.LOCAL

Input Ent Account Password

To ensure that it was successful run the realm join code again and you should see "Already joined to this domain"

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GROUP POLICY CONFLICT RESOLVE (to login without wifi)

Open Terminal

sudo nano /etc/sssd/sssd.conf

Input at the end of the file 

ad_gpo_access_control = permissive
/etc/sssd/sssd.conf should look like this

[sudo] password for joel.duncan: 

[sssd]
domains = m21.gov.local
config_file_version = 2
services = nss, pam

[nss]
homedir_substring = /home

[domain/m21.gov.local]
default_shell = /bin/bash
krb5_store_password_if_offline = True
cache_credentials = True
krb5_realm = M21.GOV.LOCAL
realmd_tags = manages-system joined-with-adcli 
id_provider = ad
fallback_homedir = /home/%u
ad_domain = m21.gov.local
use_fully_qualified_names = False
ldap_id_mapping = True
access_provider = ad
ad_gpo_access_control = permissive

1 To exit:     CTRL      +      'X' 
2 Select     'Y'    for    yes
3 To save:    'enter'   key 
sudo authselect select sssd with-mkhomedir
sudo systemctl restart sssd

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TO MAKE AD ACCOUNT A SUDOER

Open Terminal

sudo nano /etc/sudoers.d/domain_admins
1 Input line : firstname.lastname ALL=(ALL) ALL
2 To exit:     CTRL      +      'X' 
3 Select     'Y'    for    yes
4 To save:    'enter'   key

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TO MOUNT SHARE DRIVE

1 Launch the Files app  ->  OTHER LOCATIONS   ->   Bottom of window to enter address
2 Input: smb://172.16.21.16/
3 Toggle on REGISTERED USER
4 Input: YOUR DOMAIN ACCOUNT USERNAME and PASSWORD
5 Domain: M21.GOV.LOCAL  or 172.16.21.161

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TO ADD PRINTER

Open Terminal

sudo dnf upgrade -y
dnf search hplip
sudo dnf install hplip hplip-gui -y
hp-setup
hp-setup
‘hp-setup ‘printer IP Address’Address’
1 Select detected printer
2 Follow next prompt until the end

  • NOTE:   DO NOT PRINT A TEST PAGE!!  Print a regular text document to test

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TO REPLACE FEDORA LOGO

Download Image and rename as: MYDNS-Logo

MYDNS-Logo.png

1 Go to EXTENSION MANAGER   ->  SYSTEM EXTENSIONS   ->   BACKGROUND LOGO
2 Click on the gear icon to get the background settings
3

Go to LOGO   ->   Filename to attach the MYDNS-Logo.png file

                           ->   Filename (dark) to attach the MYDNS-Logo.png file
4 Scroll down to OPTIONS   ->  Toggle on Show for all backgrounds

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HELPFUL  APPS

1 Extension Manager
2 GNOME Tweaks
3 OnlyOffice
4 Element
5 Google Chome

HELPFUL EXTENSIONS

1 Dash to Dock - Displays a dynamic centered Taskbar
2 Dash to Panel - Displays screen width static Taskbar
3 Vitals - displays the PC health at the top right
4 Desktop icons NG (Ding) - display anything saved to desktop

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