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Bandit Level 1 -> Level 2

https://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/bandit2.html

SSH Access Details

Username: bandit1

Password: NH2SXQwcBdpmTEzi3bvBHMM9H66vVXjL

Level Goal :

The password for the next level is stored in a file called - located in the home directory

Commands you may need to solve this level :

ls,cd,cat,file,du,find

PROCEDURE :

So this is just slightly more challenging than the previous task since we cannot simply use cat with the filename since it starts with a -. In Linux command options are prefixed with a - or --, so Linux assumes that any - after a command ia a command option or modifier. If we try passing enetering the following command in our terminal;

bandit1@bandit:~$ cat -

The terminal appears to hang. In reality it's waiting for us to pass on the command option that Linux is expecting to come after the -

Luckily there's a pretty simple work-around for such situations, simply reference the file using the entire file path rather than just the filename. So in our case rather then using cat with -, we need to use it with /home/bandit1/- (use the pwd command if you don't know which directory you're in):

bandit1@bandit:~$ pwd
/home/bandit1
bandit1@bandit:~$ cat /home/bandit1/-
rRGizSaX8Mk1RTb1CNQoXTcYZWU6lgzi

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