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+ | ======Project: | ||
+ | =====Objectives===== | ||
+ | For this project I am going to learn how to hack into a computer haha, we need to hack into a computer to change the password so that we can use the computer as a workstation once again. | ||
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+ | =====Prerequisites===== | ||
+ | debian Live cd or bootable flash drive | ||
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+ | =====Background===== | ||
+ | Hacker (computer security) someone who accesses a computer system by circumventing its security system. | ||
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+ | had no idea what to write for this haha | ||
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+ | =====Procedure===== | ||
+ | - insert debian live cd or flashdrive | ||
+ | - reboot or turn off computer | ||
+ | - upon restart hit f12 to go into boot menu | ||
+ | - select from cd if it is a live cd or usb device if flash drive | ||
+ | - then select windows based rescue environment | ||
+ | - you should now be in cli | ||
+ | - navigate to /dev directory and find the HD | ||
+ | - mount the HD by typing mount dev/ | ||
+ | - change root directory to mount | ||
+ | - run passwd command and change the password | ||
+ | - unmount drive and reboot | ||
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+ | =====Reflection===== | ||
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+ | well I learned how to mount and unmount a harddrive, and to hack by doing that. pretty shocked its that easy haha! |