Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Bandit Level 3 to Level 4

Viewing hidden files.

Host name is bandit.labs.overthewire.org 
User: bandit3
password: UmHadQclWmgdLOKQ3YNgjWxGoRMb5luK

Commands used for this level:
ls -a - List information about all the file's include hidden files that start with (.).
cd - change directory
cat - used to view contents of a file.

Step 1.
 After logging in type ls
 You will see a directory named inhere (you can tell its a directory instead of a file because it is a different color).

 Step 2.
 Change directory to inhere by typing cd inhere


 Step 3.
 Now in the /home/bandit3/inhere directory go ahead and type ls.
Nothing will be displayed because the file we are looking for is hidden by placing a . in front of the file name. Placing a period as the first character of a file name is how you hide files in Linux.
We need to use ls -a , the dash a means display all files including hidden files.
We will now see the .hidden file.
Type cat .hidden and the password for level 4 is displayed.
pIwrPrtPN36QITSp3EQaw936yaFoFgAB

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