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** THE BASICS OF HACKING III: DATA **
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WELCOME TO THE BASICS OF HACKING III: DATA GENERAL COMPUTERS. DATA GENERAL IS
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FAVORED BY LARGE CORPORATIONS WHO NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF DATA ON-LINE. THE DATA
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GENERAL AOS, WHICH STANDS FOR ADVANCED OPERATING SYSTEM, IS A VERSION OF
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BASTARDIZED UNIX. ALL THE COMMANDS WHICH WERE IN THE UNIX ARTICLE, WILL WORK
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ON A DATA GENERAL. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THE PROBLEM OF NOT KNOWING THE FORMAT
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FOR THE LOGIN NAME ON THE DATA GENERAL YOU WANT TO HACK. AS SEEMS TO BE
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STANDARD, TRY NAMES FROM ONE TO 8 DIGIT S LONG. DATA GENERAL DESIGNED THE
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COMPUTER TO BE FOR BUSINESSMEN, AND IS THUS VERY SIMPLISTIC, AND BASICALLY FOOL
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PROOF (BUT NOT DAMN FOOL PROOF). IT FOLLOWS THE SAME LOGIN FORMAT AS THE UNIX
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SYSTEM: DG=> LOGIN: YOU=> USERNAME DG=> PASSWORD: YOU=> PASSWORD PASSWORDS
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CAN BE A MAXIMUM OF 8 CHARACTERS, AND THEY ARE ALMOST ALWAYS SET TO A DEFAULT
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OF 'AOS' OR 'DG'. (ANY YOU KNOW ABOUT BUSINESSMEN...) A WORD ABOUT CONTROL
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CHARACTERS: CNTRL-O STOPS MASSIVE PRINTOUTS TO THE SCREEN, BUT LEAVES YOU IN
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WHATEVER MODE YOU WERE. (A TECHNICAL WORD ON WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES: IT
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TELLS THE CPU TO IGNORE THE TERMINAL, AND PRINTS EVERYTHING OUT TO THE CPU!
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THIS IS ABOUT 19200 BAUD, AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT JUST CANCELS.) CNTRL-U KILLS
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THE LINE YOU ARE TYPING AT THE TIME. NOW FOR THE WEIRD ONE: CNTRL-C TELLS THE
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CPU TO STOP, AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER CNTRL CHARACTER. TO STOP A PROGRAM, YOU
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ACTUALLY NEED TO TYPE CNTR L-C AND THEN A CNTRL-B. ONCE YOU GET ON, TYPE
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'HELP'. MANY DG (DATA GENERAL) COMPUTERS ARE SOLD IN A PACKAGE DEAL, WHICH
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ALSO GETS THE COMPANY FREE CUSTOMIZING. SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COMMANDS THERE
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MIGHT BE. SO WE WILL FOLLOW WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE 'ECLIPSE STANDARD', OR WHAT
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IT COMES OUT OF THE FACTORY LIKE. TO FIND OUT THE FILES ON THE DIRECTORY YOU
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ARE USING, TYPE => DIR TO RUN A PROGRAM, JUST LIKE ON A DEC, JUST TYPE ITS
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NAME. OTHER THAN THIS, AND RUNNING OTHER PEOPLE'S PROGRAMS, THERE REALLY ISN'T
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A STANDARD... *** HARK, YON OTHER SYSTEM USERS *** TO SEE WHO IS ON, TYPE =>
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WHO (AND A LOT OF THE OTHER UNIX COMMAN DS, REMEMBER?). THIS SHOWS THE OTHER
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USERS, WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND WHAT PATHS THEY ARE CONNECTED ACROSS. THIS IS
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HANDY, SO TRY A FEW OF THOSE PATHS YOUR SELF. TO SEND A MESSAGE, SAY => SEND
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USERNAME THIS IS A ONE TIME MESSAGE, JUST LIKE SEND ON THE DEC 10. FROM HERE
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ON, TRY COMMANDS FROM THE OTHER PREVIOUS FILES AND FROM THE 'HELP' LISTING.
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SUPERUSER: IF YOU CAN GET PRIVS, JUST SAY: => SUPERUSER ON AND YOU TURN THOSE
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PRIVS ON! BY THE WAY, YOU REMEMBER THAT COMPUTERS KEEP A LOG OF WHAT PEOPLE
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DO? TYPE: => SYSLOG /STOP AND IT NO LONGER RECORDS ANYTHING YOU DO ON THE
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SYSTEM, OR ANY OF THE OTHER USERS. IT SCREAMS TO HIGH HEAVEN THAT IT WAS YOU
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WHO TURNED IT OFF, BUT IT KEEPS NO TRACK OF ANY ACCOUNTS CREATED OR WHATEVER
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ELSE YOU MAY DO. YOU CAN SAY=> SYSLOG /STA RT TO TURN IT BACK ON (NOW WHY
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WOULD YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT????? ) TO EXIT FROM THE SYSTEM,
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TYPE=> BYE AND THE SYSTEM WILL HANG UP ON YOU. MOST OF THE SYSTEMS AROUND,
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INCLUDING DECS, VAX'S, AND DG'S, HAVE GAMES. THESE ARE USUALLY LOCATED IN A
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PATH OR DIRECTORY OF THE NAME GAMES OR <GAMES> OR GAMES: TRY LOOKING IN THEM,
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AND YOU MAY FIND SOME TREK GAMES, ADVENTURE, ZORK, WUMPUS (WITH BENT ARROWS IN
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HAND) OR A MULTITUDE OF OTHERS. THERE MAY ALSO BE GAMES CALLED 'CB' OR
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'FORUM'. THESE ARE A SORT OF COMPUTER CONFERENCE CALL. USE THEM ON WEEKENDS,
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AND YOU CAN MEET ALL SORTS OF INTERESTING PEOPLE.
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE ARTICLES ON HACKING (THIS TIME FAR MORE THAN JUS
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T THE BASICS), OR MAYBE ARTICLES ON NETWORKS AND SUCH, THEN LEAVE US MAIL IF WE
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ARE ON THE SYSTEM, OR HAVE THE SYSOP SEARCH US DOWN. WE CALL A LOT OF PLACES,
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AND YOU MAY JUST FIND US. THIS COMPLETES THE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON HACKING...
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THESE ARTICLES WERE: THE BASICS OF HACKING: INTRODUCTION THE BASICS OF
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HACKING I: DEC'S THE BASICS OF HACKING II: VAX'S (UNIX) THE BASICS OF HACKING
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III: DG'S THIS AND THE PREVIOUS ARTICLES BY: THE KNIGHTS OF SHADOW [END] 1984
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NOTE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ARTI CLES LEAVE EMAIL TO : THE KNIGHTS OF
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SHADOW ON THE PPS SUPERSYSTEM (206) 783-9798 [25] COUNT 'EM [25] MEGS!
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