UNIX System Administration



CIS 228 - UNIX System Administration

Lab Exercise #1: Exploring the Media, Live CD, Installation procedures

Part 1: Live CD Startup and Install (Ubuntu, Fedora – using VirtualBox)

1. Review PC procedures w/instructor

2. Login into Windows as “netadmin” password “Pa$$w0rd”.

3. Navigate to Oracle Virtual Box. Allocate a Virtual machine per the instructor’s direction.

4. Select New, LINUX, Ubuntu 32 bit, insert the provided Ubuntu Live CD, Review the desktop

5. Select install Ubuntu from the Desktop

6. Install to disk (40 GB of virtual hardrive) as single partition.

7. Hostname studentnn; nn is the workstation #.

Specify root, user1 with password “password”

8. Review desktop Favorites, Applications, Computer

9. Go to the VM Devices, Network, Network setting. Select Bridge Adapter and that wired conection.

Ckick OK, Select Connect Network Adapter.

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Part 2: Linux Installation and Desktop

Following procedures in the LINUX installation guide, install the Gnome Workstation version of Fedora on the assigned workstation with the following values:

1. Navigate to Oracle Virtual Box. Allocate a Virtual machine per the instructor’s direction.

2. Boot FC “live” DVD provided.

3. Skip the media check, select install.

4. Select the following values:

- Select English as the language

- Select Basic Storage Devices

- Hostname: studentnn; nn is the workstation #

- Configure TimeZone for US Central Time (Chicago)

- Set root password as “password” (ignore the doublequotes when typing the password).

- Create “user1” with password “password”.

- Select Create Custom Layout. Allocate: /(ext4), /boot (ext4), /home (ext3), swap using sizes and formats specified by Instructor

- Select GRUB Bootloader on Master Boot Record (/dev/sda)

- Select Graphical Desktop, Add Fedoraxx and Fedoraxx Update repositories.

- Select Customize Now: and select options indicated by the Instructor

- (Installation Proceeds). This takes about 30- 45 minutes.

- Reboot. Step thru the screens

- Go to the VM Devices, Network, Network setting. Select Bridge Adapter and that wired conection.

Ckick OK, Select Connect Network Adapter.

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5. Take a Snapshot of your Virtual machine. Call it Lab1_Fedora

6. Fedora Setup:

- Login as user1, “su –“

- Firewall disable - chkconfig --level 12345 iptables off

- SELinux disable - SELINUX=disabled in /etc/selinux/config

Lab Exercise #1: Exploring the Media, Live CD, Installation procedures

Part 3: Exploring the Desktop and basic tools

1. Boot to Fedora

- Set a new desktop and screen saver

- Set Remote control options

- View Office apps

- View Network

- Mount a CD

- Set Security Level and Firewall

- Check Services, System Log and System Monitor

- Go to a terminal prompt.

- “su –“ to root

- “rpm” to query installed products

- “yum” to query installed products

2. Boot to Ubuntu

- Set a new desktop and screen saver

- Set Remote control options

- View Network Tools

- View Network

- Mount a CD, mount a floppy

- Set Security Level and Firewall

- Check Services, System Log and System Monitor

- Go to a terminal prompt.

- “sudo su”

- “dpkg” to review installed products

- “apt-get” to review installed products

3. Save VM Snapshots of both VMs as Week1_Ubuntu, Week1_Fedora. Copy to your flash drive.

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