This page is mainly a checklist for myself to know how I have to customize a freshly downloaded version of Backtrack 4.
Change keyboard layout
Use the following command to change the keyboard layout:
dpkg-reconfigure console-setup
Accept all default, except changing the origin to Belgium (if you want to use be-latin1).
Update all packages
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get upgrade
Configure SSH
You still have to generate your SSH keys
sshd-generate
Enable syntax coloring in vim
Install the full version of vim:
apt-get install vim
Then make a change to the /etc/vim/vimrc configuration file: uncomment the following lines:
- syntax on
- set background=dark
Install skipfish in backtrack 4
First install an additional library, then download and compile skipfish
apt-get install libidn11-dev
wget http://skipfish.googlecode.com/files/skipfish-1.88b.tgz
tar -xzf skipfish-1.88b.tgz
cd skipfish-1.88b
make
wget http://skipfish.googlecode.com/files/skipfish-1.88b.tgz
tar -xzf skipfish-1.88b.tgz
cd skipfish-1.88b
make
Install stompy - the Session Stomper - in backtrack 4
First install an additional library, then download and compile stompy
apt-get install libgmp3-dev
wget http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/soft/stompy.tgz
tar -xzf stompy.tgz
cd stompy
make
wget http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/soft/stompy.tgz
tar -xzf stompy.tgz
cd stompy
make