Hehe...Linux is so customizable, post the hacks you've done here!

[zsouthboy]

I was wondering if I could change my root account to read w00t

Hmmm.... Give me a few weeks to go through this source code, and we'll see.

Anyone do any similar hacking?

I just mean to be able to login as w00t, rather than root....thought it'd be a good gag to show my linux buds...

zs

 

[Nothinman]

Change the username from root to w00t in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow. The username isn't important, it's the UID of 0 that's what really determines who is god on the machine.

 

[zsouthboy]

much easier than I thought, then. Thanx.

well, that was kinda unfufilling, it didn;t take weeks of hacking. D'oh!

zs

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

i always wondered whether you could change root's name too....what a funny thread

w00t instead of root...heh

 

[Nothinman]

One thing you could do that might make your linux buds wonder is if you have the framebuffer code in the kernel enabled you get a picture of a penguin at the top of the screen as Linux boots (actually it's 1 penguin per CPU), you could change the penguin pic with some other graphic you made like your name. It's not a terribly hard project, but not trivial either.

 

[zsouthboy]

Yeah...i'll try that.....i've already made login say"hax0r0d Red hat linux" but that was barely a hack.....

any other cool hacks to try?

zs

 

[DaHitman]

There are some stupid programs that check for the NAME "root" instead of the UID 0... so just be warned..

 

[Executor]

You can do a bunch of cool stuff with scripting, like clearing porn with a command and a parameter and other cool system administration commands. I cant think of any hacks for linux in the sense of windows hacks. Linux wants to be customized; nothing is off limits as with microsoft products.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

<< Linux wants to be customized; nothing is off limits as with microsoft products. >>



good way to put it

i'm sure any "hack" that a newbie can do would be pretty trivial, and usually pretty pointless....fun though i suppose.

oh and i always wondered how to get the penguin boot logo......i thought i remember kernel framebuffer being labled "experimental" or something like that in menuconfig, so i never messed with it.

i have enough problems as it is

 

[zsouthboy]

<< clearing porn with a command >>




w00t! Please post! j/k

I supposed you guys are right about it, then how about "changes" you've made to linux that make it your unique version?

zs

 

[Executor]

You really should read the how-to on bash scripting. How-tos help you to learn the OS much more quickly. Try linuxdocs.org

 

[zsouthboy]

<< There are some stupid programs that check for the NAME "root" instead of the UID 0... so just be warned.. >>




Great....programs that assume things, cough *windows programs* cough....

I admit that might be a prob, but, no probs with it yet.....


zs

 

[zsouthboy]

<< You really should read the how-to on bash scripting. How-tos help you to learn the OS much more quickly. Try linuxdocs.org >>




I was kidding, didn't you see the j/k after that?
I tend to reply either jokingly or sarcastic to everything(just ask my friends), just a warning.

zs

 

[Executor]

I got that, but if you want to discover "hacking" on your own, then read up. If you just installed linux you are certainly going to need to read a few how-tos. I'm just giving you a heads up because linux (unix in general) requires a lot of reading to be truely useful and not just a novelty.

 

[zsouthboy]

Yeah, I just bought a 1000 page book to study....you sound as if you don't like n00bs, sorry, i'll try harder....

I'm learning, and hey, I don't even study for school, so i don;t expect much.

zs

 

[Executor]

I like n00bs. Where'd you get that idea. I'm just trying to be helpful. I guess I'm just too serious for my young age.

 

[zsouthboy]

i'm only 16, WTH are you talking about young?

zs