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OPS235 Lab 2 - Fedora17

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Investigation 2: How many files packages and files are installed on the system?
# Copy the installation log file <code>/root/install.log</code> and the file ps.lst to a USB memory key, or scp to your matrix account as a backup.
{{Admon/tip |Updating Fedora| You need The Fedora 13 software is updated frequently to complete add features, fix bugs, and upgrade security. Perform a system update. to get the latest versions of the packages installed in Fedora: Start the Firefox web browser, turn off popup window blocking (select ''Edit>Preferences'', then select the Content tab and uncheck the box to Block Popups), then login to SeneNET. Open a terminal and type <code>su -</code> to start a shell as root. Enter the command <code>yum update</code> This will download and install all of the packages that have been updated since the installation DVD image was created. If you complete this command at Seneca it should run quite fast as Seneca College hosts a Fedora Repository mirror.}} <!-- {{Admon/tip |SELinux| The final task is to turn off SELinux. SELinux is (a Linux feature that provides a variety copy of security policies, including U.S. Department all of Defense style mandatory access controlsthe current fedora packages, through the use of Linux Security Modules in the Linux kernel. While it is certainly something you would leave on in a real world environment, it is beyond the scope of this course and does interfere with some of our activities. To disable SELinux, click on '''System => Administration => SELinux Management'''. Set the "System Default Enforcing Mode" to Disabled. Quit and reboot your systemlocal web server).}} -->
=== Investigation 3: What is a runlevel? ===