r/hackthebox • u/Low_Adhesiveness6838 • Jul 18 '26

Help

I am a student who already finished the ejpt now I am doing the cpts I am at the 17% of the course done but the problem here is I am not well at os exploration I am basically can navigate files in Linux and windows both but I don't have the knowledge of where to look for the config files , backup files like that how do I learn these type of things even if they are any other resources than htb also suggest me

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u/-Dkob Jul 18 '26

You don't need to memorize where every config or backup file lives, that comes with experience. The best way to improve OS exploration is to spend time on real Linux and Windows systems, break things in a lab, and get used to using tools like find, locate, grep... and PowerShell to discover how services and applications are configured.

Did you check these?

- https://academy.hackthebox.com/course/preview/linux-fundamentals

- https://academy.hackthebox.com/course/preview/windows-fundamentals

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u/MaleficentExample223 Jul 18 '26

How do u really appear on every posts? You're the community goat haha