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description: System, user, network, and password
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# Manual Enumeration

## System Enumeration

Enumerate kernel version:

```bash
uname -a
```

Enumerate distribution:

```bash
cat /proc/version
```

Enumerate CPU:

```bash
lscpu
```

Enumerate running services:

```bash
ps aux
```

Enumerate running services owned by root:

```bash
ps aux | grep root
```

## User Enumeration

Enumerate current username:

```bash
whoami
```

Enumerate current user ID:

```bash
id
```

Enumerate active sessions:

```bash
w
```

Enumerate sudo:

```bash
sudo -l
```

Enumerate all users on the system:

```bash
cat /etc/passwd
```

Show only usernames from `/etc/passwd`:

```bash
cat /etc/passwd | cut -d : -f 1
```

Enumerate user groups:

```bash
cat /etc/group
```

Enumerate command history:

```bash
history
```

## Network Enumeration

Enumearte network settings (older machines):

```bash
ifconfig
```

Enumearte network settings (newer machines):

```bash
ip a
```

Enumerate routing table (older machines):

```bash
route
```

Enumerate routing table (newer machines):

```bash
ip route
```

Enumerate ARP table (older machines):

```bash
arp -e
```

Enumerate ARP table (newer machines):

```bash
ip neigh
```

Enumerating active network connections:

```bash
netstat -antup
```

## Password Hunting

Search for the keyword "password=" in all files:

```bash
grep --color=auto -rnw '/' -ie "PASSWORD=" --color=always 2>/dev/null
```

Search for the keyword "password" in filenames:

```bash
locate password | more
```

Search for SSH keys:

```bash
find / -name id_rsa 2>/dev/null
```

## Applications and Services

Enumerate running services owned by root:

```bash
ps aux | grep root
```

Enumerate installed applications on Debian and derivatives:

```bash
dpkg -l
```

Enumerate installed applications on Fedora-based distros, use:

```bash
rpm -qa
```

Enumerate configuration files in the /etc directory:

```bash
ls -la /etc/ | grep .conf
```

Search for web application configuration files:

```bash
ls -la /var/www/html/
```

## File and Directory Enumeration

World-writable directories:

```bash
find / \( -wholename '/home/homedir*' -prune \) -o \( -type d -perm -0002 \) -exec ls -ld '{}' ';' 2>/dev/null | grep -v root
```

World-writable directories for root:

```bash
find / \( -wholename '/home/homedir*' -prune \) -o \( -type d -perm -0002 \) -exec ls -ld '{}' ';' 2>/dev/null | grep root
```

World-writable files:

```bash
find / \( -wholename '/home/homedir/*' -prune -o -wholename '/proc/*' -prune \) -o \( -type f -perm -0002 \) -exec ls -l '{}' ';' 2>/dev/null
```
