I tried creating a new username and password with useradd but it wouldnt work either.

I think I did accidentally , how do you change it back?

The tutorial initially tells us to delete all our partition.
This should not be done!!

I had a windows partition destroyed that way. What is the proper "advanced" way to do things so that I can...

When I was using backtrack, a screen popped up saying that there is an upgrade to kubuntu (inside backtrack) 12.10. I accepted it.

Subsequently, the OS became Kubuntu 12.10 generic pae instead of...

I know but I want to learn along the way.
In ubuntu, I opened it using Gwenview but there is no such thing in backtrack.

Ok, so how is the color of the bar of the input scroll (or whatever you...

Ok thanks. No I was asking how to change the area where you input words because it is grey in color and it is extremely hard to see.

What do you mean by choose backtrack?

Anyway, how do I open...

Hi,

I previously used powerpoint in windows and openoffice in ubuntu(automatically installed)
What do I use in backtrack to open ppt files?

Also the toolbars in my firefox and the entire GUI...

I installed some programs using KPackageKit.
However, I am not exactly sure where the package went.

Eventually, I found this:

root@bt:/usr/share/doc/libibus-qt1# ls
changelog.Debian.gz ...

Anyone with a netbook can give any viable suggestion?

A little off topic here but where can I hack to get income of probably 500-600 a month.
I am a student and short of cash. Do something legal and within my interest will be good.
Anyone know of a...

ok. Let me get this right. I have windows so I am supposed to run backtrack and other iso in the virtual machines and hack them.
However, I am encountering another problem. I am using a netbook...

I have already dual booted backtrack and windows. Must I install virtualbox on backtrack before I can do penetration testing?
Off sec had an example on opening a particular port on the host and...

Where can I find a good test environment?

I need at least 2 computers Alice and Bob and I only got 1 laptop. Can anybody give me a good suggestion?
If I want to find a wireless network and hack...

I used the locate pdf command to locate the kpdfviewer in bt5 which unfortunately does not exist( only exist in bt4). Can anyone tell me how to open pdf in bt5?

How do I know if I need to install the driver at all?

Whenever I use Kview to open photos, it puts it to 100% and I have to resize it whenever I switch to another photo. Is there any view to counteract this or is there any shortcut key?

Hey, thanks to your tutorial, I found that my bluetooth works!

root@bt:~# hcitool -i hci0 scan
Scanning ...
root@bt:~# hcitool -i hci0 inq
Inquiring ...
30:17:C8:2F:7D:B7 clock...

Is there a GUI for bluetooth in BT?

I installed Flightgear via Synaptic Package Manager but I am unsure of what to do next:

Before you can run FlightGear, you need to set a couple of environment vari-
ables:
• You must add...

Do you use ubuntu software installer here?
Synaptic manager does not seem to recognise the files in my root folder.

Actually I dont want to burn discs, I only want to extract ISO images. Any suggestions?

skip that one first

no. but I just checked my error console and my firefox has difficulty loading any css scripts and unfortunately only in backtrack.

Turns out it is under utilities. But how am I supposed to know where it is installed?

Here is the output:

root@bt:~# apt-get install gns3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
...