How To Install changeme on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install changeme on Ubuntu 22.04. changeme is Default credential scanner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install changeme on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is changeme

changeme is:

This package contains a default credential scanner. Commercial vulnerability scanners miss common default credentials. Getting default credentials added to commercial scanners is often difficult and slow. changeme is designed to be simple to add new credentials without having to write any code or modules.

changeme keeps credential data separate from code. All credentials are stored in yaml files so they can be both easily read by humans and processed by changeme. Credential files can be created by using the ./changeme.py –mkcred tool and answering a few questions.

changeme supports the http/https, MSSQL, MySQL, Postgres, ssh and ssh w/key protocols. Use ./changeme.py –dump to output all of the currently available credentials.

There are three methods to install changeme on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install changeme Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install changeme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install changeme

Install changeme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install changeme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install changeme

Install changeme Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install changeme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install changeme

How To Uninstall changeme on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the changeme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove changeme

Uninstall changeme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall changeme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove changeme

Remove changeme Configurations and Data

To remove changeme configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge changeme

Remove changeme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove changeme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge changeme

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install changeme package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.