Debian

[top] configure video 

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phight xserver-xorg
Brings up GUI with a series of questions to configure input/output devices. 

cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf200809202040 /etc/X11/xorg.conf
A backup of the xorg.conf file will be created in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.YYYYMMDDhhmm.
If you want to restore the previous settings, just copy the backup over the current file.


[top] install ssh 

Admin -> synaptic -> openssh
Goto Administration -> Synaptic and install OpenSSH. This will install the ssh daemon and will turn it on.


[top] visudo 

 visudo (edit /etc/sudoers)

# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#

Defaults        env_reset

# Host alias specification

# User alias specification

# Cmnd alias specification

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
steved  ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin  ALL=(ALL) ALL
Add users you'd like to have sudo access. Add groups prefixed w/ a % sign.