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# In the current version of CentOS the first time you boot your system a graphical licence prompt comes up.<br><br>
<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 the appropriate config file and configure your main network interface to come up at boot.<ul><li>You can then use the '''ifup'''/'''ifdown''' commands to reset your network configuration or you can just reboot.</li></ul></li><li>Make certain that '''SELinux''' is '''enforcing''' for security reasons (this should be the default). To make it ''enforcing'', simply edit the '''/etc/selinux/config''' file and follow the instructions inside. {{Admon/important |SELinux in Andrew's sections|If you're in one of Andrew's sections - please disable SELinux (i.e. do the opposite of the bullet above). This will give you some extra freedom in the rest of the course to learn and experiment without being bogged down by inexplicable permission denied errors.}}</li><li>Install all updates using the '''yum update''' command.</li></ol>
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