<ol><li value="2">Log in and check that you have access to the internet. If you don't - you need to get the network interface to come up on boot. Edit '''/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eno1''' (the name of the interface may be different) and make change '''onboot''' to '''yes'''.<ul><li>You can then use the '''ifup'''/'''ifdown''' commands to reset your network configuration or you can just reboot.</li></ul></li><li>If you professor is Andrew Smith - make sure SELinux is disabled. Otherwise make certain that '''SELinux''' is '''enforcedenforcing''' for security reasons(this should be the default). To make it ''enforcedenforcing'', simply edit the '''/etc/selinux/config''' file and follow the instructions inside.</li><li>Install all the security updates using the '''yum update''' command.</li></ol>