# Hacking Textfiles: UNIX

The UNIX operating system has gone through many different and interesting incarnations since it was invented in the early 70's, but one thing is clear: It's a real fun system for a hacker to play with. Once you get past the initial halting steps of learning what you can do with it, UNIX provides many avenues of exploration, and many opportunities to get it to do things that the owners of the machine didn't expect you (as a user) to be able to do.

What's interesting about technical files like those below is that the authors will often give you a basic set of skills with UNIX before immediately delving into the arcana and weirdness necessary to do the trickery they're attempting. It must have made for a mighty odd way to learn about an operating system for a young person on a BBS. Maybe it was even the better way.

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Filename | Size | Description of the Textfile
admin2.txt | 51966 | Improving the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into It, by Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema
begin.txt | 85336 | UNIX For Beginners Second Edition, by Brian W. Kernighan
berkly42.txt | 14848 | Understanding the UNIX Operating System (Berkeley 4.2) Patched Together by The War
bestunix.hac | 7476 | My Favourite UNIX Commands, By ZeeBee Australia Inc. 1990
betunix.txt | 9517 | Gaining Better Access On Any Unix System, by Doctor Dissector
bhacking.txt | 5898 | A Beginner's Guide to Hacking UNIX by Jester Sluggo (October 8, 1985)
bible.txt | 16109 | A Unix "Bible" (Actually a Glossary
breinhar.txt | 37427 | White Paper on UNIX Security Issues, by Robert B. Reinhardt, November 11, 1992
curry.txt | 140288 | Improving the Security of your UNIX System, by David A. Curry (April, 1990)
dirfind.txt | 4242 | Newbie Tips: (Changing to / Hidden Directories) 1.1
hack.txt | 10708 | Hacking Servers 101 by ChronicK of The E0D
hack1 | 8753 | UNIX Odds and Ends: Keeping Users Off the System
hack2 | 11957 | UNIX Trojan Horses
hack3.hac | 7198 | The Basics of Hacking, by The Knights of Shadow (VAXs/UNIX)
hacking_unix.txt | 41819 | An Indepth Guide to Hacking UNIX and the Concept of Basic Networking Utility by Red Knight of Phreakers/Hackers Undergound Network (June 10, 1989)
hackunix | 7408 | How to Hack UNIX and VAX Systems by Thief and Wizard (1989)
hackunix.txt | 41972 | An Indepth Guide in Hacking UNIX and the concept of Basic Networking Utility by Red Knight of Phreakers/Hackers Underground Network (June 10, 1989)
hide.hac | 4486 | UNIX Abuse Collection, by ZeeBee Australia
hss.txt | 6292 | Hacking Servers: A Beginner's Guide, by Lord Dredd
interunx.txt | 355153 | UNIX For Intermediate users
linux_mo.asc | 4634 | A Vulnerability in All known linux Distributions, by Bloodmask (August 13, 1996)
maccrac.txt | 25503 | SOFTDOCS: Maccrac Version 0.1a by Ole Buzzard
metaunix.hac | 5970 | A Beginner's Guide to Hacking Unix
muh.hac | 6400 | A Beginner's Guide to Hacking UNIX By Jester Sluggo
nfstricks.txt | 1944 | A List of NFS Tricks by Lord Pyro
nis.txt | 1526 | NIS Explained by Virtual Circuit and Psychotic
p500unix.txt | 34118 | A Flaw in the Berkeley 4.3 UNIX Passwd Program, with Code and History
phelon1.txt | 9119 | PHELON #1: Some Information About Unix (For Beginners)
ports.txt | 1559 | Some UNIX Ports and What to Do With Them
secdoc.hac | 156965 | Improving the Security of your UNIX System, by David Curry
securesu.txt | 29313 | How to Improve Security on a Newly Installed SunOS 4.1.3 System by Thomas M. Kroeger (July 1994)
security.txt | 154698 | Improving the Securit of Your Unix System, by David A. Curry (April 1990)
sendmail.fun | 2313 | A Little Sendmail Stuff, using the passwd file
sirsunix.hac | 87805 | UNIX: A Hacking Tutorial, by Sir Hackalot
sobunix.txt | 128483 | UNIX and Today's Hacker by Syncomm of (SOB 513)
socket.txt | 3164 | The UNIX Socket Services
stupid.unx | 10046 | Yet Even More Stupid Things to Do With Unix! by Shooting Snark
sysadmin.txt | 14091 | Know your UNIX System Administrator
troj.hac | 4790 | Basic Unix Use, by Lord Lawless
uhacknfo.hac | 497325 | Security and the UNIX Operating System, 1990
uhcom.txt | 23536 | A List of Some of the Most Useful UNIX Hacking Commands, and Some Hints on Their Usage
unix-nas.txt | 5084 | UNIX Nasties by Shooting Shark (April 6, 1986)
unix-tro.txt | 12412 | UNIX Trojan Horses by Shooting Shark of Tiburon Systems (June 26, 1986)
unix.001 | 141735 | UNIX Use and Security from the Ground Up by The Prophet (December 5, 1986)
unix.hal | 22197 | A Guide to UNIX Systems Part I by Hackers Against Law Enforcements (September 1, 1989)
unix.inf | 14710 | UNIX Primer and Command Reference by Frosty of Mechwarriors
unix.info | 4174 | Things to Know about UNIX, by Sir Charles Hansen
unix.sec | 120683 | Improving the Security of your UNIX System, by David A. Curry (April, 1990)
unix.txt | 6016 | The Fundamentals of UNIX Passwords, by Mr. Slippery
unix.wek | 5248 | Unix Conversions (From DOS to UNIX) by David Johnson
unix001.hac | 141523 | UNIX Use and Security from the Ground Up, by The Prophet
unix001.txt | 138851 | UNIX Use and Security from the Ground Up, by The Prophet (December 5, 1986)
unix1.hac | 9992 | Hackers Against Law Enforcement Present A Guide to UNIX Systems
unix2.hac | 11624 | COSMOS, by Doctor Who
unixacct.txt | 10995 | Creating UNIX Accounts by the Kryptic Night and the Servants of the Mushroom Cloud
unixart.hac | 9099 | Mitch Wagner of UNIX Today on an interesting Hacking Case
unixcall.txt | 2048 | Using UNIX to do an Outdial
unixdos.fil | 3986 | UNIX Conversions (The Filing System) by David Johnson
unixgrou.txt | 141649 | Unix Use and Security from the Ground Up by The Prophet (December 5, 1986)
unixhak1.hac | 5498 | Tutorial on hacking through a UNIX system
unixhak2.hac | 12384 | On the Security of UNIX
unixhak3.hac | 3971 | Things to Know about UNIX by Sir Charles Hansen
unixhck.hac | 5260 | UNIX Hacking Made Easy by Shadow Lord
unixhell.txt | 13528 | Raising Hell with UNIX by the Kryptic Night
unixhold.txt | 141525 | Unix Use and Security From The Ground Up by The Prophet (December 5, 1986)
unixinfo.hac | 3072 | Unix System Basics by the Terminal Technician
unixmyth.txt | 14012 | Is UNIX Really That Bad? The Myths of UNIX
unixsec.txt | 28235 | Imporving the Security of your UNIX System by David Curry (April 1990)
unixsir.hac | 86374 | UNIX: A Hacking Tutorial by Sir Hackalot
unixsysv.hac | 11408 | Hacking UNIX System V
unixsysv.txt | 11197 | How to Hack UNIX SYstem V (January 18, 1989)
unixtips | 23535 | A List Of Some OF The Most Useful UNIX Hacking Commands, and Some Hints On Their Usage
unixtroj.hac | 11958 | UNIX Trojan Horses (A List)
unix~1.txt | 34534 | An Indepth Guide in Hacking UNIX and The Concept of Basic Networking Utility by Evil Ernie of No Lamers Allowed
virpassw.txt | 3780 | The Passwords Used by the Internet Worm
x86bsd_m.asc | 4461 | L0pht Security Advisory (December 9, 1996)
xenix.txt | 4909 | XENIX Commands and Information by Stingray
xwindows.txt | 13072 | FAQ: A Crash Course in X Security
zenixinf.hac | 4967 | XENIX COmmands and Information, by Stingray

There are 79 files for a total of 3,311,861 bytes.