Backtrack V4

fire_munki · 8 May 2010 at 18:51

Hi,
I've made me a nice USB version of this but where I try to login using the details provided on their website it reports the details are incorrect.

Any one got any idea as to why?
I've currently d/l a new copy in case it was a bad download, and will make it to USB again, it does need to be USB cos I'd don't have a CD drive on my test machine.

tntcoder · 8 May 2010 at 19:01

Does user: root & password: toor not work? They should.

You can verify the integrity using a checksum before you whack it on usb: "md5sum backtrackcd.iso" and compare it to their website.

dangerstat · 8 May 2010 at 19:38

fire_munki said:
Hi,
I've made me a nice USB version of this but where I try to login using the details provided on their website it reports the details are incorrect.

Any one got any idea as to why?
I've currently d/l a new copy in case it was a bad download, and will make it to USB again, it does need to be USB cos I'd don't have a CD drive on my test machine.

As tntcoder says, the default root password is toor, so use the username root and the password toor to login. It works fine here. When you login change the root password straight away!

fire_munki · 8 May 2010 at 20:12

That's ones I've got.
USB boots up to the terminal prompt, but thats as far as it gets.
What's the correct procedure for getting the GUI to start or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
Want it to run from the USB, it was all made following the instructions on their site.

Mobius 1 · 8 May 2010 at 20:53

type startx at the command prompt

i think... aaint used it in ages.

dangerstat · 8 May 2010 at 21:22

fire_munki said:
That's ones I've got.
USB boots up to the terminal prompt, but thats as far as it gets.
What's the correct procedure for getting the GUI to start or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
Want it to run from the USB, it was all made following the instructions on their site.

Like -Tauren- startx should launch into a windowed environment. I would say backtrack is for security pros only. It's not a user friendly distro guys. If you're not used to Linux look else where.

fire_munki · 9 May 2010 at 12:04

Got it up, and yes I realise its for pro's only but I just wanted to have a play.
Easy enough to make a USB drive so might try a more user friendly version. What is it based on does anyone know?

unp|dissy · 9 May 2010 at 12:18

cant you just boot to runlevel 1 and change root pass..?

unp|dissy · 9 May 2010 at 12:19

dangerstat said:
Like -Tauren- startx should launch into a windowed environment. I would say backtrack is for security pros only. It's not a user friendly distro guys. If you're not used to Linux look else where.

Hm, i wouldnt say backtrack is for pro's. I'd say it's a load of old tosh with poor script kiddie security tools built in.

Point and click rubbish tbh..

Dont mean to bite ur head off mind, no offence meant

tntcoder · 9 May 2010 at 13:06

unp|dissy said:
Hm, i wouldnt say backtrack is for pro's. I'd say it's a load of old tosh with poor script kiddie security tools built in.

Point and click rubbish tbh..

Dont mean to bite ur head off mind, no offence meant

They are hardly poor script kiddy tools...

Assuming you don't have a hefty budget behind you, then doing a pen test / security audit will often invoke exactly the kind of tools in Backtrack's collection.

I will say I don't really see the point to Backtrack unless you need to do a quick live proof of concept demo or something. While it's collection of tools is good, I would rather have a customized persistent Linux install with tools setup and configured to my liking. I guess it has its uses though, and certain people will find it much more useful than others.

Carter · 9 May 2010 at 14:47

fire_munki said:
What is it based on does anyone know?

Ubuntu 8.10

Mobius 1 · 9 May 2010 at 17:17

unp|dissy said:
Hm, i wouldnt say backtrack is for pro's. I'd say it's a load of old tosh with poor script kiddie security tools built in.

Point and click rubbish tbh..

Dont mean to bite ur head off mind, no offence meant

yeah kiddie tools. ones that can crack WEP keys and such. :rolleyes:

psd99 · 10 May 2010 at 10:03

so if backtrack is kiddy tools then what is better?
Adult tools?
that just sounds conspicuous.

unp|dissy · 12 May 2010 at 10:49

psd99 said:
so if backtrack is kiddy tools then what is better?
Adult tools?
that just sounds conspicuous.

Why is everyone referring to my post as kiddie tools?! Asin for children?

I said script kiddie.. I wasn't relating to the fact that they are kiddies..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Script_kiddie

D33 · 18 May 2010 at 10:16

I AM ELITE HAXXOR, I CODE EVERYTHING BY HAND MYSELF. IF YOU DON'T YOU ARE WIDDLE SCRIPT KIDDIE!!1

Grow up.

Backtrack provides a great set of tools recognised by people from all fields of computing from forensics to security. If you'd prefer to code something yourself and run it from a terminal then that's great, but knocking something because it's got a gui is utterly moronic.

PermaBanned · 18 May 2010 at 10:42

If backtrack is a distro specifically for recovering crashed machines then don't you think it's a bit fully featured? KDE?

How does it compare to RIP?