INTRODUCTION:
A little background is needed before we get into hacking techniques.
When we talk about ‘Hacking’, we are talking about getting some access on a server we shouldn’t have. Servers are set up so that many people can use them. These people each have different ‘accounts’ on the server – like different directories that belong just to them. If Fred has an account with the froggy.com.au ISP (Internet Service Provider), he will be given:
(1) a login name, which is like the name of your directory; and
(2) a password, which lets you get access to that directory.
This login name and password will usually give you access to all of Fred’s services - his mail, news services and web pages. There is also the ‘root’ account, which has it’s own login and password. This gives super-user access to the entire server. We will focus on ‘getting root’, in this help file.
