Has anyone done hackerslab.org?

i haven't seen that one, but i have seen some similar thing before but i can't remember what it was called. hackerslab any good?

I thought it was pretty good but after level 2 it gets pretty hard... I got hints after that

I got to lvl 5 on a similar site..... it took too much effort after that so I cba.....

hackerslab is much different to the one i tried before. one before was just getting passwords out of different files and stuff whereas hackerslab involves a linux shell.
i couldn't even do level 0, but then i'm no good with linux stuff.

lol unix is a bitch to get into... I've been using it for about four/five years on my own pc and still can't get my modem to wqork with it!!!

<!--QuoteBegin-NaTaKu+Jul 31 2004, 11:45 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NaTaKu @ Jul 31 2004, 11:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> lol unix is a bitch to get into... I've been using it for about four/five years on my own pc and still can't get my modem to wqork with it!!! [/quote]
By UNIX, I'm assuming you're lying and actually using Linux which is a very different and yet compatible animal? - -;



Admitedly, I can't get past level one.

Maybe I could give some hints...? I'm currently on level 4 with minimal help. Just read up on all the linux commands you can find

got any clues for level 0? "look in device drivers" doesn't really tell you much. yeah i found them.. but then what? i found some hints on some website, but they were written in some kind of code only professional game show players who are also linux guru's would understand.

<!--QuoteBegin-The Lamperus+Aug 2 2004, 02:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (The Lamperus @ Aug 2 2004, 02:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> By UNIX, I'm assuming you're lying and actually using Linux which is a very different and yet compatible animal? - -;



Admitedly, I can't get past level one. [/quote]
UNIX you fool is what LINUX, BSD, ect is all based on and I have used:
Linux (Debian and Slackware mostly)
Minix (Piece of Crap)
OpenBSD (For a server)
and FreeBSD (I didn't want to pay for the newer version)

so it made more sense to call it unix as I was making a general comment about different OS's all based on a similar UNIX OS (created in the 70s) and just to be picky all Linux uses an old UNIX architecture as it's base (what do u think the Kernel is) in some way so even if I had only used Linux I wouldn't have been lying

All linux (and other *nix based OS's) is in essence is a free (and different) version of UNIX where people can submit bug fixes, ect to help make it grow, ect and to create entirely different distros for different purposes.

<!--QuoteBegin-NaTaKu+Aug 3 2004, 10:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (NaTaKu @ Aug 3 2004, 10:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-The Lamperus+Aug 2 2004, 02:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (The Lamperus &#064; Aug 2 2004, 02:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> By UNIX, I'm assuming you're lying and actually using Linux which is a very different and yet compatible animal? - -;



Admitedly, I can't get past level one. [/quote]
UNIX you fool is what LINUX, BSD, ect is all based on and I have used:
Linux (Debian and Slackware mostly)
Minix (Piece of Crap)
OpenBSD (For a server)
and FreeBSD (I didn't want to pay for the newer version)

so it made more sense to call it unix as I was making a general comment about different OS's all based on a similar UNIX OS (created in the 70s) and just to be picky all Linux uses an old UNIX architecture as it's base (what do u think the Kernel is) in some way so even if I had only used Linux I wouldn't have been lying

All linux (and other *nix based OS's) is in essence is a free (and different) version of UNIX where people can submit bug fixes, ect to help make it grow, ect and to create entirely different distros for different purposes. [/quote]
Dude, you don't have to quote your textbook, I know the damn history. On top of that, you're wrong, it's not based on UNIX at all. Linux was made to be compatible with it, and used NONE of the original code from it. UNIX is highly copyrighted, and highly expensive. Linux counts as a "Unix compatible" not as UNIX. And I've used all of those as well, and yes, Minix is shit. Everyone already knew that unix was made in the 70's, so you were attempting to sound smart in vain. If you bother to actually look at the kernel, it's not Unix at all, by the way. Go on, give it a look. And you friggin practically quoted that last bit from the back of a retail box for someodd version of Linux. I've been dabbling in/using some form or another of linux since the early 90's, and I've used Unix a few times . . . they're not the same. That's like saying that X11 and XFree86 are the same . . . They're Not.

That said, hackerslab is indeed a bit difficult. Keep trying, guys.

<!--QuoteBegin-Marijuano Locos+Aug 3 2004, 06:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Marijuano Locos @ Aug 3 2004, 06:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> got any clues for level 0? "look in device drivers" doesn't really tell you much. yeah i found them.. but then what? i found some hints on some website, but they were written in some kind of code only professional game show players who are also linux guru's would understand. [/quote]
go to <a href='http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl_na.htm' target='_blank'>http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdl_na.htm</a> and read up on some commands. It would also help me if you tell me what you are doing.


Some commands you need to know : cd (change directory), cat (Idk.. Kindof executes files), ls (lists all the files in a directory or file)

i know basic commands, i'm not a monkey i'm just not great with linux, lack of experience.

far as i know, cat views text files.

<!--QuoteBegin-Marijuano Locos+Aug 5 2004, 10:52 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Marijuano Locos @ Aug 5 2004, 10:52 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> far as i know, cat views text files. anyway, you want to find the [/quote]
ok my bad..

well here's what I did:

I searched all the directories (/usr/, /bin, /dev...) using ls (example: ls /dev) and I found the file .hi (which is the backdoor thingy. then I typed: cd /dev to go into /dev then I typed cat .hi and all these characters came up and all this mumbo jumbo came on the screen. then I typed /usr/bin/pass and It gave me the pass for the next level (newworld)

I dont really understand what I did on level 0 and I think it was a waste of time... level 1 is better

yeah that hi thing looks like a real waste of time.. i did get as far as viewing it too but when all that weirdness came up it was just strange so i didn't know what to do.
when i try typing /usr/bin/pass (with and with cd before it) it just says no such file or directory, i found passwd in there though, but that gets permission denied, whether i open /dev/.hi or not