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= HACKING PRIMOS SYSTEMS =
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= BY NANUK OF THE NORTH =
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PREFACE
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VERRY LITTLE HAS BEEN WRITTEN ON THE PRIMOS SYSTEM AND SO IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS FILE TO PROVIDE SOME USEFULL INFORMATION ON THIS TYPE OF SYSTEM.
THE FOLLOWING NOTATION WILL BE USED..
<CR> CARRIAGE RETURN, RETURN OR ENTER (CHR$(13))
^ A CONTROL CHARACTER LIKE ^C (BREAK, RUN STOP, OR CHR$(3))
HOW TO TELL A PRIMOS SYSTEM
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A PRIMOS SYSTEM CAN BE RECOGNISED BY ITS UNUSUAL PROMPT
ER!
AND ITS UNUSUAL ERROR MESSAGE
INVALID COMMAND "HELP". (LOGO$CP)
ALL "PRIMENET" SYSTEMS ARE PRIMOS
LOGGING ON
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TO LOG ON TO A PRIMOS SYSTEM HIT ANY TWO KEYS AND <CR> THE SYSTEM WILL THEN RESPOND
LOGIN PLEASE.
ER!
YOU MUST THEN TYPE AT THE PROMPT
ER! LOGIN (LOG HEADING)
THE FOLLOWING BACK DOORS TO LOGIN MAY BE FOUND IN MANY PRIMOS SYSTEMS
ER! LOGIN GAMES
ER! LOGIN DEMO
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY
ER! LOGIN SYSTEM
LOGIN SYSTEM WILL USUALLY LOG YOU IN AS THE SYSTEM OPERATOR!
USUALLY IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE SYSTEM THIS WILL HELP YOU FIND A VALID LOGIN HEADING... LIKE THE NAME OF THE SYSTEM ETC.
USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS
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AT THIS POINT MOST SYSTEMS WILL BEGIN RUNNING A SOFTWARE PACKAGE OF SOME KIND... THE PASSWORDS TO MOST SUCH PACKAGES ARE A MAXIMUM OF 6 CHARACTERS. AT THIS POINT ON MANY OF THE LESS UPDATED SYSTEMS A PASSWORD IS NOT NECISSARY JUST TYPE ^C AND THE SYSTEM WLL RESPOND LIKE THIS...
PASSWORD:^C END OF FILE.
ER!
IF THE SYSTEM IS AN UPDATED ONE THEN ^C AT THIS POINT WILL SIMPLY CAUSE THE SYSTEM TO ISSUE A LINEFEED AND REPEAT ITSELF. IN THAT CASE YOU WILL NEED TO HACK OUT A VALID PASSWORD.
BREAKING THE SYSTEM
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IF YOU ARE ABLE TO GET IN WITH A PASSWORD YOU WILL AT THIS POINT STILL NEED TO BREAK THE SYSTEM AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE PROMPT. AGAIN IT WILL THEN RESPOND...
END OF FILE.
ER!
YOU HAVE NOW GAINED ACCESS TO THE OPERATING SYSTEM.
PRIMOS COMMANDS
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THE PRIMOS COMMANDS ARE DIFFICULT AND DIFICULT TO UNDERSTAND... MANY OF THEM ARE ONLY ONE OR TWO CHARACHTERS HOWEVER, MAKING THEM EASY TO HACK OUT.
LI= LISTS FILES FOR THAT LOG HEADING
LI (FILE NAME) LISTS A FILE
LA=ON SOME SYSTEMS THIS LIST FURTHER FILES
TI= TIME ON THE SYSTEM
LO=LOG OUT
CR=CREATE A FILE
LD=LIST FILE DIVISIONS
USAGE=LISTS SYSTEM STATISTICS
ED=EDIT A FILE
TY=LIST OF USERS ON SYSTEM
AT=ATTACH TO A LOG HEADING
ATTACHING
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THE AT (ATTATCH) COMMAND WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACCESS OTHER LOG HEADINGS SO THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO LOG IN AS A HEADING TO GET AT THOSE FILES... SO IF YOU ARE LOGED IN AS "USER" AND YOU TYPE...
ER! AT SYSTEM
ON THE MORE PRIMATIVE SYSTEMS YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM OPERATORS FILES!
OR IF YOU TYPE
ER! AT GAMES
YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE GAMES
IF YOU TYPE
ER! AT DEMO
YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO PRIMOS DEMOS.
OTHER COMMANDS
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OTHER COMMANDS YOU MIGHT TRY ARE
AB
O
C
IN
BI
DI
R
D=DATE
SA
JOB
CNAME
CA
NAME
A MAJOR BUG
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A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH PRIMOS SYSTEMS IS THAT FILES GET SCREWED UP IF YOU HANG UP AND LEAVE THEM OPEN OR IF YOU HANG UP WILE THEY ARE BEING VIEWED.
WRITTEN MARCH 1ST BY NANUK OF THE NORTH
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APPENDED
PRIMOS SYSTEMS CAN BE FOUND AT...
BORIS (817)571-6680
ALSO AT THESE TELENET NODES (TELENET WILL NOT PASS A ^C)
PRIMENET 213 130
PRIMENET BOWSER 214 56
PRIMENET SYSD 212 30
PRIMENET SNY 212 39
PRIMENET XNY 212 137
PRIMENET 202 10
PRIMENET CCI.1 713 150
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