Over The Wire - Bandit - Level 01#

From now on, the challenge will begin, normally I use a spoiler section for the flag answer, but in the case of the OverTheWire, the password change occasionally, so I will only make a step-by-step guide with no final answer.

Level Goal#

The password for the next level is stored in a file called readme located in the home directory. Use this password to log into bandit1 using SSH. Whenever you find a password for a level, use SSH (on port 2220) to log into that level and continue the game.

Commands you may need to solve this level#

ls , cd , cat , file , du , find

Steps#

This level has the intention to teach you the basics of using a unix terminal or system. In my case I’m using a Linux in a Virtual Machine.

On the last level (level 0) we gained access to a user named bandit0. We can see this at the shell identification for the user currently logged in:

bandit0@bandit:~$

Reading the goal of this challenge, our objective is in a file named readme. So we first list all the files in the current folder with ls. It shows only a file named readme. That’s the file containing the answer.

To read the content of the file we will use a command called cat, this will show it’s content.

With that we have a text with the password for the next level.