- I’ve just installed BackTrack, what is the root password ?
- The ubiquity installer uses the “toor” password by default.
- Is BackTrack free for download?
- Yes, and it always will be.
- I’ve just burned my iso and it will not boot ?
- The 3 most common problems are the md5sum is wrong, the program you used to burn the .iso file or cheap media. Please check these three things before asking for help.
- I use Windows and I do not want to mess it up?
- Backtrack can be run as a live dvd environment which will not affect your Windows install in any way. If you run the installer and install to hard disk you are responsible for partitioning your drive properly.
- I’ve heard its stupid to run as root ?
- Many of the tools in Backtrack need root access to run. Backtrack is a specialized penetration testing distribution. We trust our users know the security risks of running as the root user.
- Whats the “perfect” laptop to run backtrack on?
- Every one’s version of perfect is different. There is no perfect computer. Please check our HCL and check the forums. Our users post their thoughts on models of computers frequently
- Where is the Backtrack manual ?
- There is no manual. We do write official documentation on how to install Backtrack and how to use some of the more exotic tools, however, we do not write guides on hacking in general. We have a forum community and a wiki which both contain many user submitted tutorials. Please check the manual section for more info on official documentation.
- Where can I find out more information about BackTrack ?
- Keep updated with our blogs, and check our forums. Check for BackTrack Fixes here.
- Why cant I just add the Backtrack repositories to my Ubuntu install ?
- We recommend against this action because Backtrack tools are built with many custom features and libraries. We have no way of knowing how they will preform on a non Backtrack distribution. If you decide on this course of action you do so at your own risk and the backtrack team will not be able to offer support.
- Why don’t my network cards show up when I boot ?
- BackTrack is a penetration testing distribution and as such DHCP requests etc entering the network when you boot are usually very undesirable. You can easily enable networking by issuing the following command /etc/init.d/networking start
- Why cant BackTrack use wireless card “X” inside VMWare or Virtualbox ?
- Any virtualisation software can only use USB wireless network cards as physical devices, all other types of wireless card are seen as virtual ethernet devices and can only be seen as a wireless device by the host and not by the guest operating system. So if you want to run BackTrack in VMWare or Virtualbox and have full wireless capabilities, make sure you are using a USB device.
- Why don’t you provide a USB image like you did with previous versions ?
- Previous versions required sometimes quite complicated methods to install to a USB stick, so for convenience we provided special images for easy installation. With the latest editions of BackTrack we have eliminated this need as it can easily be installed to a USB stick with tools such as Unetbootin or via manual methods as described in the manual section of this site.