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Task Find the only human-readable file inside the inhere directory. Login SSH: bandit4@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 Password: 2WmrDFRmJIq3IPxneAaMGhap0pFhF3NJ Theory To find what file is human-readable we can check the type of data inside the file. To do that we can use the file command, some examples would be: ASCII text, directory, POSIX tar archive. Trying to read a non human-readable file would show something like this in the output l�����]�a߯-@gQ�÷�wz�P�ߠy�. Solution SSH in to the remote host again and go to the inhere directory....

Task Find and read the content of the hidden file in the inhere directory. Login SSH: bandit3@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 Password: MNk8KNH3Usiio41PRUEoDFPqfxLPlSmx Theory To find an hidden file in a linux filesystem is really easy, we can use the ls command to list every file in the directory adding to it the -a attribute to list hidden files too. They are commonly used for storing user preferences or preserving the state of a utility and are frequently created implicitly by using various utilities....

Task Read the content of the file called “spaces in this filename”. Login SSH: bandit2@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 Password: 263JGJPfgU6LtdEvgfWU1XP5yac29mFx Theory We can’t read a file that has a space in its filename normally. To read it we can simply put the name of the file between quotes "filname" and then we can read it. Solution Log in to the remote host with the credentials from the last level. ~$: ssh bandit2@bandit....

Task Read the content of the file called “-” Login SSH: bandit1@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 Password: ZjLjTmM6FvvyRnrb2rfNWOZOTa6ip5If Theory To read a file with an “unconventional name” such as - we need to use the path of the file ./. Solution We log in to the remote host with the right credentials ~$: ssh bandit1@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 Search for the file and read it. bandit1@bandit~$: ls - bandit1@bandit~$: cat ./- 263JGJPfgU6LtdEvgfWU1XP5yac29mFx We can now proceed to the next challenge....

Task Find the file readme stored in the filesystem. Login SSH: bandit0@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 Password: bandit0 Theory After loggin in the remote host you can use a set of commands to understand where are you and what files are in your directory: pwd this command show the name of the working directory, the directory you’re in right now. ls list the files in the current folder, you can add the attribute -a to show hidden files, using -l instead will show additional information on the files....