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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender @DustinB3403
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      @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

      @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

      @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

      @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

      @coliver No unfortunately.

      Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

      The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

      Very inconvenient

      So someone left / was termed?

      su root
      sudo passwd [login] [new pass]

      That's what I was thinking.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
        last edited by

        @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

        Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

        Yeah, okay, so login as root and change the user password. Why would it matter if you have to access their account now? The business gives you permission, right?

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        • black3dynamiteB
          black3dynamite @wirestyle22
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          @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

          @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

          @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

          @coliver No unfortunately.

          Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

          The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

          Very inconvenient

          You can do something like this:
          find /home/ -name .bash_history 2>/dev/null | cat .bash_history

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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            @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

            It could end in .py or any other extension.

            Or very likely, no extension at all. Most of mine don't have one.

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            • wirestyle22W
              wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

              @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

              It could end in .py or any other extension.

              Or very likely, no extension at all. Most of mine don't have one.

              I create my own extensions for labeling purposes

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @wirestyle22
                last edited by

                @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                @coliver No unfortunately.

                Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                Very inconvenient

                The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                  @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                  It could end in .py or any other extension.

                  Or very likely, no extension at all. Most of mine don't have one.

                  Doesn't that just make it annoying to run a script without knowing what language it was written in? (not that an extension is any indicator of the language used, but still).

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                    @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                    @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                    @coliver No unfortunately.

                    Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                    The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                    Very inconvenient

                    So someone left / was termed?

                    su root
                    sudo passwd [login] [new pass]

                    Even easier...

                    sudo -i su username

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                      @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                      @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                      @coliver No unfortunately.

                      Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                      The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                      Very inconvenient

                      The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                      How do you do into Windows as another user without their password? or resetting their password to something you know?

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                        @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                        @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                        @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                        @coliver No unfortunately.

                        Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                        The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                        Very inconvenient

                        The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                        I do this all of the time. I get a CYA in writing and just go. Forget all about the user lol

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                          last edited by

                          @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                          @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                          @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                          It could end in .py or any other extension.

                          Or very likely, no extension at all. Most of mine don't have one.

                          Doesn't that just make it annoying to run a script without knowing what language it was written in? (not that an extension is any indicator of the language used, but still).

                          If you were on Windows, yes. But not on Linux since you don't have any need to know what language it is in, they just run.

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                          • wirestyle22W
                            wirestyle22 @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                            @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                            @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                            @coliver No unfortunately.

                            Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                            The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                            Very inconvenient

                            The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                            I just don't know how this was setup or what it is doing. If I change the pw there is no chance that I could break something due to it being used like a service account for scripts?

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                              last edited by

                              @Dashrender said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                              @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                              @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                              @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                              @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                              @coliver No unfortunately.

                              Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                              The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                              Very inconvenient

                              The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                              How do you do into Windows as another user without their password? or resetting their password to something you know?

                              You'd change the password if you had to login as that user. Otherwise as the admin you'd grant yourself access to the user files.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                last edited by

                                @Dashrender said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                @coliver No unfortunately.

                                Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                                The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                                Very inconvenient

                                The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                                How do you do into Windows as another user without their password? or resetting their password to something you know?

                                net user name password

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                                  last edited by

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                  @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                  @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                  @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                  @coliver No unfortunately.

                                  Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                                  The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                                  Very inconvenient

                                  The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                                  I just don't know how this was setup or what it is doing. If I change the pw there is no chance that I could break something due to it being used like a service account for scripts?

                                  Even if it was a service, it would run with the new password just as well. If it's setup to use the user password in some config, you should be able to see that pretty easily.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                                    last edited by

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                    @Dashrender said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                    @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                    @coliver No unfortunately.

                                    Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                                    The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                                    Very inconvenient

                                    The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                                    How do you do into Windows as another user without their password? or resetting their password to something you know?

                                    net user name password

                                    Doesn't that just offer you the ability to change the password?

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403 @Dashrender
                                      last edited by

                                      @Dashrender said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                      @Dashrender said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                      @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                      @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                      @coliver No unfortunately.

                                      Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                                      The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                                      Very inconvenient

                                      The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                                      How do you do into Windows as another user without their password? or resetting their password to something you know?

                                      net user name password

                                      Doesn't that just offer you the ability to change the password?

                                      No that changes the password. But you'd only ever do this if you HAD to login as SAID user. Otherwise you login as the admin and just grant yourself permissions to the user profile and files.

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                                      • wirestyle22W
                                        wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                        @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                        @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                        @coliver No unfortunately.

                                        Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                                        The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                                        Very inconvenient

                                        The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                                        I just don't know how this was setup or what it is doing. If I change the pw there is no chance that I could break something due to it being used like a service account for scripts?

                                        Even if it was a service, it would run with the new password just as well. If it's setup to use the user password in some config, you should be able to see that pretty easily.

                                        Yeah that should be the case. Just kind of afraid because I know nothing about the host.

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403 @wirestyle22
                                          last edited by

                                          @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                          @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                          @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                          @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                          @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                          @coliver No unfortunately.

                                          Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                                          The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                                          Very inconvenient

                                          The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                                          I just don't know how this was setup or what it is doing. If I change the pw there is no chance that I could break something due to it being used like a service account for scripts?

                                          Even if it was a service, it would run with the new password just as well. If it's setup to use the user password in some config, you should be able to see that pretty easily.

                                          Yeah that should be the case. Just kind of afraid because I know nothing about the host.

                                          So take a backup before you touch things.

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                                          • wirestyle22W
                                            wirestyle22 @DustinB3403
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                                            @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @Dashrender said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @Dashrender said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @wirestyle22 said in Locating a script that you don't know the name of in Linux:

                                            @coliver No unfortunately.

                                            Are there additional users on this system? If so you might need to login as them and check the history for each of them.

                                            The problem is that I can't. They are local accounts and there was no transfer of information. No one knows the passwords. Can't reach out to these people as they left on bad terms apparently.

                                            Very inconvenient

                                            The admin can just reset passwords or log in as people. There is never a need to know the local user account passwords (and that goes for Windows, too.)

                                            How do you do into Windows as another user without their password? or resetting their password to something you know?

                                            net user name password

                                            Doesn't that just offer you the ability to change the password?

                                            No that changes the password. But you'd only ever do this if you HAD to login as SAID user. Otherwise you login as the admin and just grant yourself permissions to the user profile and files.

                                            In this case to access the history you'd need to correct

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