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SPR100
Labs
Lab 3: Virtual Machine Set-up (2%)
Overview:
In this lab we will be setting up our computer environment for later lab assignments.
This will
involve the use of a virtual machine, changing user accounts etc.
Objective:
Copy the three (3) VMs (Windows 10, Ubuntu Linux and Kali Linux) to your SSD external drive
Start Windows 10 and modify the login credentials
Create a custom title on a command-line window
Change the command prompt on Ubuntu’s terminal window
Learn why default credentials are a bad thing
Prerequisites:
You have VMware Workstation Pro installed on your home computer
You have downloaded the SPR100 VM files
Note: In places below you see MSU in filenames, this refers to MySeneca Username, and you should
replace MSU with your MySeneca username
.
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The Lab Activities
Part 1: Operating System Installation (Home)
This part involves installing and running the virtual machine.
We need two things, software to run
the virtual machine and the virtual machine itself.
Software: The software we will be using is “VMware Workstation Pro”, which you should
have already installed on your computer.
Virtual Machine (VM): In our case the VM has been prepared with the operating system pre-
installed along with many of the tools you’ll be using during the course.
Note:
The assumption here is that you will be saving your files to your SSD and that the SSD is already
plugged into your computer’s USB 3.0 port.
Check what file system format of your SSD.
If it is formatted in FAT32, you’ll find that the VMs
exceed the maximum size for single files i.e. it will not allow you to copy the Windows VM to your
SSD.
You will need to reformat your SSD to NTFS.
If you use a Mac, you’ll find that while they can
read from the NTFS file system, they can’t write to it. To be able to write, a Mac will need an
additional application.
Note: You can also format your SSD with exFAT.
Steps
1.
On the SSD:
Create new folder called SPR100. In that folder create three (3) folders:
Win10 VM
,
Ubuntu
VM
, and
Kali VM
2.
Copying the virtual machines:
Download and copy the VMs into their respective folders on your SSD. You will need to use
7-Zip File Manager to extract the files from the file archive
3.
Importing your virtual machine into VMware Workstation Pro;
Start up “VMware Workstation Pro”
In VMware Workstation Pro
o
Select the “Open a Virtual Machine” option on the “Home” tab
o
Navigate to your Win10 VM folder on your SSD and double-click on the “w10_kms.vmx”
file. This should open your Windows 10 VM and you will get the familiar Windows 10
login window
4.
Take a screen shot and insert it into the report:
Take a single screen shot (use screen capture or use the Snipping Tool) that includes the
following:
o
VMwareWorksation Pro (to show that you have successfully imported the virtual
machine)
o
Your “Win10 VM” folder in your “SPR100” folder, open on your external SSD (to show
you have placed the files in the correct folder)
Save your image:
MSU_L3_VM_Install.jpg
Insert you image into your report under the heading ‘
Operating System Installation’
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Part 2: Modifying the Login Process and updating Credentials (Home)
We are now ready to power on your virtual machine (VM).
Note:
You are expected to work out how to do some of the next steps through looking up manuals etc
.
Steps
1.
With the VM open, select “Power on this virtual machine”
o
You should see two accounts available to you: “Student” and “Backup”.
2.
Login to the “Student” account and change the password
.
3.
Create a new user account (Use “Family & other users”).
Give it your MySeneca username. On
that account:
o
Add a password
o
Given it “Administrator” privileges
4.
Change the “Student” account to “Standard User” privileges.
5.
Take two (2) screen shots that clearly show you have made these privilege changes to the two
accounts. Name them:
MSU_L3_ Users_Account.jpg
and
MSU_L3_ My_Account.jpg
6.
Insert your images into your report under ‘
Updating Credentials’
Part 3: Identifying your work (Home)
In this part of the lab you’ll learn how to use a command-line window to identify your work.
3A: Windows
You will be modifying the title of a command-line window to your name, the current date and time.
This window can easily be included in any screen shot.
Steps
1.
Open a command-line window on your Windows 10 VM. You don’t know how to open a
command line? Google it.
2.
On the command-line type: title
your name
%date% %time% <enter>
3.
You will see that the title of the window has been changed to
your name current-date current-
time.
It should look something like Figure 1
Figure 1: Update title on command-line window
4.
This window can be minimized further to just the title bar
5.
Take a screen shot showing your custom title-bar and name it:
MSU_L3_Custom_Title_Bar.jpg
6.
Insert you image into the report under the heading ‘
Custom Title Bar’
3B: Ubuntu
Here you’ll be modifying the command prompt given in a terminal window on Ubuntu.
The format
of the command-prompt should be: MSU-[current date]-[current time]>. Figure 2 shows you an
example of this. Note how the prompt shows the time it was written to the screen.
1.
Do some Internet research to learn how to change the command-prompt on Ubuntu. Hint:
“.bashrc” file is useful
2.
Apply the changes to the command-prompt to meet the requirements
3.
Take as screen shot showing your modified command prompt (ensure you include the whole
terminal window and that the prompt is visible multiple times on the screen) and name it:
MSU_L3_Custom_CmdPrompt.jpg
4.
Insert the image into your report under the heading ‘
Custom Command Prompt’
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Figure 2: Updated command-prompt
Part 4: Questions (Home)
Research the answers to the following questions and insert your answers into your lab report
under the heading
Questions
.
Ensure you have a reference for each of your answers.
Make sure you understand how you can research a question and answer it without committing
plagiarism
.
1.
Explain why keeping a default Administrator password is a risk to your computer?
2.
Why does having a user using a user account with “Administrator” privileges for daily activities
put their computer at risk? Assume that the user is not doing administrator activities as their
daily activities.
3.
Why do most applications, when you either enter an incorrect password or username, only tell
you “username or password” is incorrect, rather than the more helpful “password is incorrect”
or “username is incorrect?
4.
Where do the following operating systems store the users’ credentials on the file system?
Windows 10.
Ubuntu
Report Submission
Now that you have filled out the Lab report, you need to submit it along with the lab elog. This is
done through the submission link given with Lab 3 on Blackboard.
Note1: You must create your own lab template for this lab.
Note 2: From now on,
all of your screenshots, in all labs/assignments MUST include the
following:
Windows 10: A Command Prompt title with your MySeneca username, date and time
must be visible in screen shots.
Ubuntu:
A Terminal window must be visible with the prompt changed to your MySeneca
username, date and time in all your screen shots.
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