Securing-Optimizing-RH-Linux-1_2_22
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Mount Point: our /Swap partition (leave the Mount Point Blank).
Size (Megs): 150
Partition Type: Linux Swap
Ok
Add
Mount Point: /tmp our /tmp directory.
Size (Megs): 100
Partition Type: Linux Native
Ok
Add
Mount Point: / our / directory.
Size (Megs): 316
Partition Type: Linux Native
Ok
After the partition of your hard disk have been completed, you must see something like the
following information on your screen. Our mount point will look like that:
Mount Point
/boot
/usr
/home
/chroot
/cache
/var
<Swap>
/tmp
/
Device
Sda1
Sda5
Sda6
Sda7
Sda8
Sda9
Sda10
Sda11
Sda12
Requested
5M
1000M
500M
400M
400M
200M
150M
100M
316M
Actual
5M
1000M
500M
400M
400M
200M
150M
100M
315M
Type
Linux Native
Linux Native
Linux Native
Linux Native
Linux Native
Linux Native
Linux Swap
Linux Native
Linux Native
Drive
Geom [C/H/S]
Total (M)
Free (M)
Used (M)
Used (%)
sda
[3079/64/32]
3079M
1M
3078M
99%
NOTE: We are using a SCSI hard disk because the first two letters of the device is sd.
Now that you are partitioning and choosing the mount point of your directories, select Next to
continue. After your partitions are created, the installation program will ask you to choose
partitions to format. Choose the partitions you want to initialize, check the (Check for bad blocks
during format) box, and press Next. This formats the partitions and makes them active so
Linux can use them.
On the next screen you will see the LILO Configuration where you have the choice to install LILO
boot record on:
·
Master Boot Record (MBR)
Or
·
First Sector of Boot Partition
Usually if Linux is the only OS on your machine you must choose Master Boot Record (MBR).
After you need to configure your LAN and clock. After you finish configuring the clock, you need
to give your system a root password and authentication configuration.
For Authentication Configuration dont forget to select:
·
Enable MD5 passwords
·
Enable Shadow passwords