OverTheWire: Bandit Level 4 → Level 5
The Bandit wargames are aimed at absolute beginners. It will teach the basics needed to be able to play other wargames.
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