blocked programs

[tycheong]

so i'm not really sure if this belongs here
but the macs at school block certain programs such as terminal and text edit
is there anyway to get past this?

also, in windows command prompt
you can enter stuff like 'net user' , etc to find user accounts and to change passwords.
is there the same thing in terminal? if so, wat are the commands?

any of you famililar with hackthissite.org ?


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[lee1210]

so i'm not really sure if this belongs here

No, not really. The restrictions are there for a reason.

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is there anyway to get past this?

There always is. Rename an app, download another copy, boot off a leopard CD and reset the root/admin password, etc. You have physical access to the machine, you can defeat any restrictions in place. You likely shouldn't, though.


also, in windows command prompt
you can enter stuff like 'net user' , etc to find user accounts and to change passwords.
is there the same thing in terminal? if so, wat are the commands?

The file on UNIX systems that contain user information is /etc/passwd. I believe this must be world readable, so anyone can see it. You can run:
cat /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1

To see the user list. If you can't get to the terminal, this will be more difficult.

The unix command to reset user passwords is passwd. If you are not root you will need to run this as sudo. Again, having terminal access is a must for this.

There is also a gui tool in OS X for these things.


any of you famililar with hackthissite.org ?

Nope.

-Lee