red-hat-centos-basics

yum install screen

su -                    //not sudo su

visudo
# username  ALL=(ALL)       ALL


//you can disable root (after adding yourself to sudo)
passwd -l root

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RED HAT AND CENTOS 5 you must modify the config files...
(but the changes will survive reboot =)

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=                          //could be dhcp?
IPADDR=192.168.1.59
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
BROADCAST=255.255.255.255
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
DNS1=192.168.1.30
DNS2=192.168.1.3

HWADDR=08:00:27:B4:79:93
ONBOOT=yes
DHCP_HOSTNAME=madics-vm
GATEWAY=192.168.1.3
TYPE=Ethernet

/etc/init.d/network restart
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