Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Start Sound / Audio in Backtrack

--> Open the terminal
--> Type sudo nano /etc/group
--> Look for the line audio:x:29:
--> Add your username after : eg. audio:x:29:hackernekar
--> Reboot

An alternative approach is to directly browse to the file /etc/group, right click it and select edit as root. Look for the line audio:x:29: and add your username after : eg. audio:x:29:hackernekar. Save the file, exit and reboot.

Now you can enjoy sound on your Backtrack OS.

How to setup Internet connection on Backtrack 4

So here we are starting with a new category altogether related to the best known information security and ethical hacking Linux distro - Backtrack. To know what backtrack exactly is visit it's Official Website.

Working with Backtrack is well a learning experience and it stays a learning experience for a very long time. You have to mine the web every now and then to know about the "How to?"s. The very first problem you'll encounter after installing backtrack is 'Setting up an internet connection'. It is not as straightforward as Windows. You'll have to use the command line, known as the terminal in linux, for the entire process. Well we are giving you a complete knowlodge on the topic. You will not have to visit any other website or blog once you have found this. So lets start-

Note- Write all the parameters without the brackets[]. In the explanation below eth0 refers to the name of the lan interface. To know your interface type: "sudo ifconfig -a" in the terminal to print a list of available interfaces. If your interface is different from eth0, use your interface name instead of eth0.

1) Open the terminal

2) type in: sudo ifconfig eth0 up

3)Adding IP and netmask:
sudo ifconfig eth0 [youripaddress] netmask [your netmask]

4) Adding the gateway:
sudo route add default gw [your gateway] eth0

5) Adding the DNS server:
sudo sh -c "echo nameserver [yourDNS]> /etc/resolv.conf"

6) To compile all the above entries
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

7) To make the above setting default. If you skip this step you will have to configure your connection on every reboot. So to make the settings persistent:
sudo update-rc.d networking defaults

8) Reboot:
sudo reboot


And you are done. Now you can use your internet connection.

BackTrack 4 Final Download

Last Update: 11.01.2010

Description: Image Download

Name:: bt4-final.iso

Size: 1570 MB

MD5: af139d2a085978618dc53cabc67b9269

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BackTrack 4 Final Release VMWare Image


Last Update: 11.01.2010

Description: VM Image Download

Name:: bt4-final-vm.zip

Size: 2000 MB

MD5: 733b47fad1d56d31bc63c16b3706a11c

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BackTrack 4 Pre Release

BackTrack Linux Live Security Auditing Distro

Why BackTrackLinux?
BackTrack Linux is an amazing LIVE linux distro built on a solid structure and used by industry professionals and casual users alike. BT is well supported and filled with tons of tools, games, and applications built in!

Why a USB Drive?
USB Ports exist on almost every PC sold in the marketplace as a standard for printers, and other peripherals USB ports are a simple and fast way to load BackTrack.

Why me?
Have you ever forgot your windows password and wanted to get documents/pictures/files of your PC? Has your Windows installation ever been corrupted leaving the files on the HardDrive inaccessible? Not anymore. With BackTrack Linux on USB you do a live boot and the entire Operating System loads without touching the existing harddrive. Once BackTrack is loaded it will give you access to the harddrives/files/CD Drives on the computer. A live Linux USB is perfect for the person who finds themselves constantly fixing PC's. Also perfect for the person who wants to keep all there files with them at all times!