Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of computers

Timestamp:

2016-01-30 21:44:58 (8 years ago)

Author:

dky

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 Active HBC computers can be used to read employee emails and documents, revealing information both vital and of no consequence to the investigation. If the computer is locked, the [wiki:boot_drive boot drive] may be used to unlock it. After all, once a hacker has physical access to your machine, it's basically game over, man.
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+== Hacking a *NIX Computer (Tentative) ==
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+A *NIX system is a Unix-like system, which means many Unix idioms, like {{{/etc/passwd}}} and {{{/etc/shadow}}}, are also available on *NIX OS. If you have physical access to the machine, it should be possible to perform the following actions (unless the drive is encrypted):
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+1. Reboot the computer and boot onto a [wiki:bootdrive portable disk drive].
+2. From the alternate boot partition, log in to that partition's OS and mount the computer's drive somewhere on your file system.
+3. Add a new user entry to the {{{/etc/passwd}}} file on that drive, and add a hashed password entry to {{{/etc/shadow}}}.
+4. Grant the new user {{{sudo}}} permissions in the sudoers file ({{{/etc/sudoers}}}).
+5. Add {{{/home/}}} folders, etc.
+6. Restart the computer and boot normally.
+7. Log in using the username/password combination you added to {{{/etc/passwd}}} and {{{/etc/shadow}}}.
+8. Use {{{sudo}}} or {{{su}}} to access the machine with root permissions.
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+Presumably all or most of this is automated by the [wiki:bootdrive boot drive] that MT gives to the player, since the player is probably not all that tech-literate.