Changes between Version 7 and Version 8 of nix

Timestamp:

2016-01-30 21:44:38 (8 years ago)

Author:

dky

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 '''Mecha''' is an open-source mobile operating system developed and maintained by the *NIX Corporation. Based on a heavily-modified *NIX kernel, the Mecha Open-Source Project (MOSP) has enabled countless third-party developers to create customized mobile operating systems for use on everything from [wiki:phone mobile phones] to wearables, like smartwatches and [wiki:hud smart glasses]. The latest release of the Mecha OS is Version 7.3.1 "Key Lime Pie".
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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.