BackTrack comes with several network services, which may be useful in various situations and are disabled by default. In this recipe, we will cover the steps to set up and start each service using various methods.

Getting ready

A connection to the network with a valid IP address is needed in order to continue.

How to do it...

Let's begin the process of starting our default service:

1. Start the Apache web server:

service apache2 start

We can verify the server is running by browsing to the localhost address.

2. To start the SSH service, SSH keys need to be generated for the first time:

sshd-generate

3. Start the Secure Shell server:

service ssh start

4. To verify the server is up and listening, use the netstat command:

netstat -tpan | grep 22

5. Start the FTP server:

6. To verify the FTP server, use the following command:

7. To stop a service, just issue the following command:

service <servicename> stop

Here, <servicename> stands for the network service we want to stop. For example:

service apache2 stop

8. To enable a service at boot time, use the following command:

update-rc.d –f <servicename> defaults

Here, <servicename> stands for the network service we want at boot time. For example: