PBL

Task 1
1.

Perform a SLES 10 installation

Boot from installation media
Select the system language
Select the installation mode
Set the clock and time zone
Understand and change the installation settings
Verify partitioning = 2GB for swap and 2GB for /
Select software
Start the installation process

2.

Configure the SLES 10 installation

Set the hostname = webmaster
Set the root password = passwd
Configure the network
Test the internet connection
Novell Customer Center Configuration and Online Update
Manage users
Configure network services
Configure hardware
Finalize the installation process

Do server 1-> hostname webmaster

Server 2 -> hostname webm
Task 2 User Administration
a) On Server1 and Server2, add a new group called "projecta". The GID is 6000.
b) On Server1 only, modify the defaults before adding new users
- The home directories to have full access for owners only
- All directories and files created by the users to have full access for the owners only.
c) Add the following new users to Server1 and Server2
Name
---John Tan
Irene Lai
Ahmad Ali

usename
------jtan
ilai
aali

UID
--6010
6011
6012

- Create the home directories respectively for each user on Server1 and NOT on Server2
- The password for each new user is "novell"
- The secondary group for all new users is users

Task 3 NFS
* On Server1
a) Create a new partition and mount it at /jobs
- Size is 1.5GB
- Filesystem is ext3
- Partition to be mounted automatically at boot
b) Create a directory called /jobs/projecta to be shared
- Owner of this directory is "root"
- The directory is also belonging to the group "projecta"
- The group "projecta" and the owner have full access to this directory, no access at all for other users
- Only the owners can delete their own files
- All files created in /jobs/projecta will belong to the group "projecta" regardless of the users' primary GID
c) Setup the NFS server to export the directories /home and /jobs/projecta
- Workstations from the subnet 192.168.1.0/24 to access /home and /jobs/projecta
- Allow read/write access for both directories
- No access for root
- The NFS server to be automatically started during a reboot
d) Setup Server2 to mount the the shared directories automatically from Server1 during boot
- The directories /home and /jobs/projecta from Server1 are to be mounted to /home and /jobs/projecta respectively
- Read and write buffer size is 8KB
- Binaries or shell scripts are not allowed to be executed
Task 4 Samba
*On Server1
a) Workgroup is to be called "Projects"
b) Setup /home to be shared with the name "homes"
- The directory must not be browseable
- All files created to have read and write access for the owner only
- Workstations from the subnet 192.168.1.0/24 to have access to the share
c) Setup /jobs/projecta to be shared with the name "projects"
- The directory must be browseable
- All files created to have read and write access for the owner and group only
- Workstations from the subnet 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.100.0/24 to have access to the share
d) Add the the users to /etc/samba/smbpasswd. The password is "novell"
e) The Samba server is to be restarted at boot
f)) You can test the Samba share from Server2 using "smbclient"