I have two Ubuntu systems. The first I'd like to use as a server. Hence I don't have a display or even keyboard for it. The other is my laptop and can connect to the network. Upon bootup, the "server" will go to a lightdm login screen.
First thing I'd like to do is connect my server to my network. But since I don't have a display for it, I'd like to do it somehow using my laptop. Is there a way I can just connect my laptop to the server using ethernet and then configure it? First step: how do I get "in", or bypass the login screen?
When your server boots up, even if you don't log in, it should be connected to the local network.
To log in, you should be able to use ssh:
If you'd like to run graphical apps on the server you can add X forwarding:
Can also be that your trying to login as root, and its off by default, if so use your regular user