Linux – information gathering (part 3)
This is the third part of Linux – information gathering.
Log files
In log files you can found useful information, just take a short look at the files in the following directory:
ls -alh /var/log
A detailed explanation can be found here:
- Linux Log Files – Befehle zum Auslesen
- Linux Log Files – Spuren nach einem Hack verwischen
- Linux Log Files – Wo sind diese zu finden?
File System
The command “df” reports file system disk space usage.
df -h
With the “mount” command, you can check if there are any attached drives.
mount
Check if there are unused file systems.
cat /etc/fstab
Exploiting
The command „find“ will help to find installed development tools. With these tools, it is possible to exploit the current maschine.
find / -name python*
You can also search for “perl*” or “gcc*”.
The following programms “wget”, “nc”, “ftp” and “curl” can help to transfer software to a maschine. You can find the software in the following way:
find / -name wget
Previous parts
Linux – information gathering (part 1)