[glosnick]

I was wondering if you knew how I could change the keyboard layout from US to UK on the Metaspoitable VM as I can’t seem to find the pipe key on my laptop when I’m on using the Metaspoitable VM.

Regards

Nick

[Diego Pérez]

Hi!
No, unfortunately it can’t be changed. Metasploitable is just a vulnerable machine, it is not intended for general or day to day use. The pipe character should be in the same key as backslash, just press shift.

Greetings!
Diego

[glosnick]

Well that’s a dilema as when I press the backslash key on my keyboard in metasploitable I get a greater than symbol. I still get a greater than symbol when I press the shift key as well. Not sure how to get a bar as I tried a whole range of other things including cut and pasting and so on. Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks and regards

Nick

[Diego Pérez]

Hi!

By default it has an english layout configuration, so I’ll suggest to serach for the desired character by pressing all the keys, and take notes of what is where.

Greetings!
Diego

[glosnick]

Lol, funnily enough tried that but still couldn’t track it down, sigh. It’s a mystery!!!

Regards

Nick

[Diego Pérez]

Hi!

Also try key combinations with shift, ctrl and alt. The character should be there.

Greetings!
Diego

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