Bandit Level0 to 9 OverTheWire

Bandit Level 0

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit0 and the password is bandit0.

1. Enter the following command in your Terminal :

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit0
    # OR ssh bandit0@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: bandit0

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash (bandit0).

Bandit Level 1

Part I

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

ls -la
# List information about the FILEs with the author of each file and also without ignoring entries (files) starting with .

cat readme
# Concatenate files and print on the standard output

realpath readme
# Return the canonicalised absolute pathname

# Exit the session then
scp -P 2220 bandit0@bandit.labs.overthewire.org:/home/bandit0/readme <LocalMachinePATH>
# <LocalMachinePATH> : your temporary file to copy the ascii text
# Password           : bandit0

We are using realpath and scp commands to copy readme file from OTW server to our Machine, and using it for the next Level.

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit1 and the password is the text from readme Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit1
    # OR ssh bandit1@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: boJ9jbbUNNfktd78OOpsqOltutMc3MY1

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 2

Part I

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

    cat < -

and copy the text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit2 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit2
    # OR ssh bandit2@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: CV1DtqXWVFXTvM2F0k09SHz0YwRINYA9

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 3

Part I

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

    cat "spaces in this filename"
    # Or cat spaces\ in\ this\ filename

and copy the text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit3 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit3
    # OR ssh bandit3@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: UmHadQclWmgdLOKQ3YNgjWxGoRMb5luK

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 4

Part I

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

        cd inhere/
        # change the working directory to inhere/

        ls -la
       cat .hidden

and copy the text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit4 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit4
    # OR ssh bandit4@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: pIwrPrtPN36QITSp3EQaw936yaFoFgAB

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 5

Part I

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

      cd inhere/
      # change the working directory to inhere/

      ls -la
      # there's 10 files and the one who store the password is "-file07" (the lenght of the key)
      # if your terminal is messed up, try the "reset" command.
      cat < -file07

and copy the text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit5 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit5
    # OR ssh bandit5@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: koReBOKuIDDepwhWk7jZC0RTdopnAYKh

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 6

Part I

Properties given:

• Human-readable
• 1033 bytes in size
• Not executable

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

    cd inhere/
    # change the working directory to inhere/

    ls -la
    # We did find a lot of directories (20) under inhere/ , So we have to automate the search about the properties given
    find . -type f -size 1033c -exec cat {} +
    # OR use 'cat $(find . -type f -size 1033c)'
    # -type f -size 1033c : we select only files with 1033 bytes 'c' for bytes
    # -exec cat {} +      : we execute cat < "the result of find command" 
    #             {} will be expanded to the files found 
    #             and + will enable us to read as many arguments as possible per invocation of cat
    # try to use 'man' command to figure out your approach

and copy the text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit6 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit6
    # OR ssh bandit6@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: DXjZPULLxYr17uwoI01bNLQbtFemEgo7

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 7

Part I

Properties given: - Owned by user bandit7. - Owned by group bandit6. - 33 bytes in size.

Hint: > Somewhere on the server: this phrase means that we should search in all the OTW server "/".

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

    ls -la
    # There's not a single file in this wd: /home/bandit6

    find / -type f -user bandit7 -group bandit6 -size 33c -exec cat {} +

and copy the last text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit7 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit7
    # OR ssh bandit7@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: HKBPTKQnIay4Fw76bEy8PVxKEDQRKTzs

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 8

Part I

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

    wc -l data.txt
    # There's 98567 line in data.txt 
    grep millionth data.txt

and copy the text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit8 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit8
    # OR ssh bandit8@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: cvX2JJa4CFALtqS87jk27qwqGhBM9plV

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.

Bandit Level 9

Part I

Enter the following command in your Terminal :

    wc -l data.txt
    # There's 1001 line in data.txt 
    sort data.txt | uniq -u
    # OR sort data.txt | uniq -c | grep "1 "
    # and we can check by running also 'sort data.txt | uniq -c' 
    #       it gives the number of times the line appears in 'data.txt' (Once 1)

And copy the text to your clipboard (or try the scp Method).

Part II

The host to which you need to connect is bandit.labs.overthewire.org, on port 2220. The username is bandit9 and the password is the text from your clipboard Part 1.

1. Enter the following command:

    ssh bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220 -l bandit9
    # OR ssh bandit9@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
    # password: UsvVyFSfZZWbi6wgC7dAFyFuR6jQQUhR

2. Enter the password as shown in the comment of bash.