Joe_public

I know i might be coming off as a D*%K but trust me i'm not. Thanks for all the help, advice, and tips.

Trust me, I tried all kind of commands, my win7 is just sluggish so I think that was the problem, I think i have a virus, i have ran all kinds of AV and rootkit detectors to clean it but I think I got something that is not beeing detected. I thought BT was a bit to much as well, but a friend said i should just jump right into BT5, it would not be that bad. I am not trying any of the tools at all, I am just trying to learn terminal right now. My Host OS win7 is running so sluggish I am ready to just load BT on there solo, the only reason I am considering well have to do a dual boot is I have a lot of files that I need to back up, some are really big and all i have is CD's, no dvd's or external hard drives to store my info on when I trash windows. second issue is I want to install BT but I only have a 2 gig usb stick. Is there anyway I can break the Iso into smaller chuncks to fit on cd's rather than 1 DVD? I will google it but while I am here I might as well ask.

If you read my post I stated that I am following alone with a Linux book, So I am trying to learn on my own. Everyone replies Google your answers, Google is good and the ability to make websites, blogs and forums are so easy that every man, child and trained monkey can now get one. Along with that comes a overflow of data and a good chunk of it is useless. When you do get a good hit from Google where does google take you? to sites that have text pertaining to what you are asking, sometimes Google will point to Hak5; that's why I am here. No one is asking for "commands on a silver platter" as you put it. I stated what I do to stop Linux, I tried commands like exit, kill quit etc.. Nothing happened. so after trying different commands reading my book and googling I decided to ask here. If you feel my question is not worthy for you to answer that's cool, I just hope that others don't feel the same way.

Trust me I Goggled, and there is so much useless info on the net it is hard to find correct answers. Hak5 is a site I trust and know I can get answers. You stated that everyone is not a Linux Guru, that is true but we both know that at least 80% of the members here are Linux users. I did not ask how to change features of the Kernel or another question that only power users of Linux would know; I asked a question on something real common that any user of Linux would have a high probability of knowing. No I don't expect everyone to come running to answer my questions but I do know that most Computer, hacker, or whatever you want to call the groups or forums have this tendency to be hard on new comers; and most noobish questions or not worthy of a response. Hak5 search option: I am well aware of the search box and did use it. When I keyed in Backtrack 5 there was not a whole lot of post, I entered in other search terms and could not find a answer to my question. I hope you did not take my response the wrong way, but what I said I stand behind. I hope the attitude toward basic questions change. If you took time to click on a thread and read it and see the question asked has not been answered and you know the answer why not answer the question? Hak5 is a great site and I find more reliable answers here than any other site on the net. I love the Hacker culture but I do wish something’s about it change and I feel Hak5 is more user friendly than most sites on the net.

Will try this next time. Thanks for the reply, I see a lot of members viewed the thread but felt it was beneath them to answer it, I hope this attitude changes. Questions Answered,thanks

I am trying real hard to learn Linux (Back Track 5) I am brand new at this and just learned yesterday what a shell is and used for. I have searched tons of web sites and googled almost every question I have had. I learned that it is not godd to log in as root So I changed the root passwd and created a non-root user account. Since I will need a lot of help and have tons of questions I don't want to make a new thread for every new noob question so I am making my own thread where I will ask my questions. I will Search on my own for answers first by reading books and using Google Try to limit my questions to no more than two a day try to ask intelligent questions I ask of you who chose to reply to my questions remember Linux was new to all of you at one time. My question may seem real simple to you but to a guy who has never used Linux it is like trying to navigate in a strange land and you don't even speak the language. When I post a question and have either found the answer on my own or it was answered by a member I will let it be known and post a new question whenever I have one. If you have any sites, books or another study tips and/or aids please post them. Question 1. How long does a grep command take? I am following alone with a Linux book and was told to try grep, but it has been over 5 minutes now. Also how do I stop a command that is stuck or taking to long to process? How I currently have to stop bad commands is by stopping the VM player. I am guessing there is a way to force stop commands and processes like ctrl+Alt+Delete in windows. Can anyone help with this?

Thanks for the quick reply. I really want to learn Linux and there are a lot of how to guides out there and thats the problem; there's to many out there. Does anyone know of a good site that teaches the basics like how to use terminal? I need to learn all the commands instead of just typing in what I see and not even knowing why are what it does. I am trying hard not to ask noobish questions and I am trying to learn on my own but the internet is just flooded with crap sites.

Hello everyone I am curently in school Getting a degree in IT, I want to do system admin work when I'm done. I have been doing a lot of reading and playing with tools lately and I was running Cain and Able, yese I still use windows, I have BT5 in a VM but It is taking me awhile learning to use the terminal rather than a GUI. Ok back to my question setup. As I am using cain and able I start to see stuff poping up I clicked on the arp-imap and clicked passwords and there was my gmail info in plain text. how can I prevent this from happening? Is there anyway to secure imap traffic?