OverTheWire: Bandit Level 4 → Level 5
Level Goal
The password for the next level is stored in the only human-readable file in the inhere directory.
Tip: if your terminal is messed up, try the “reset” command.
Commands you may need to solve this level
ls, cd, cat, file, du, find
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> whatis ls
ls (1) - list directory contents
> whatis cd
cd (1) - change working directory
> whatis cat
cat (1) - concatenate files and print on the standard output
> whatis file
file (1) - determine file type
> whatis du
du (1) - estimate file space usage
> whatis find
find (1) - search for files in a directory hierarchy
Note: All commands don’t have to be used to complete level
Helpful Reading Material
Linux File Command - javatpoint
Linux File Globbing - javatpoint
Solution
View the files that are present in the current working directory using the ls command
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bandit4@bandit:~$ ls
inhere
Move into the inhere/ directory. This can be done using the cd command
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bandit4@bandit:~$ cd inhere/
View files that are in the directory using the ls command
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bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ ls
-file00 -file01 -file02 -file03 -file04 -file05 -file06 -file07
-file08 -file09
We know we have to find a file whose content is in Human Readable format. This check can be performed using the file command. File command returns the type of data that is found in the file
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bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ file ./*
./-file00: data
./-file01: data
./-file02: data
./-file03: data
./-file04: data
./-file05: data
./-file06: data
./-file07: ASCII text
./-file08: data
./-file09: data
Note: The * here means to look for all files in the directory. For more information on globbing refer to the attached reference resources
View the content of -file07 using the cat command
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bandit4@bandit:~/inhere$ cat ./-file07
koReBOKuIDDepwhWk7jZC0RTdopnAYKh
We have found the password for the next level !!
Logout of the current session and use the password of user bandit5 to access the next level
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> ssh bandit5@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
This is a OverTheWire game server. More information on http://www.overthewire.org/wargames
bandit5@bandit.labs.overthewire.org's password: koReBOKuIDDepwhWk7jZC0RTdopnAYKh