Learn Hacking from Scratch

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.

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

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

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

DuckDuckGo Search for “dashed filename”

Advanced Bash-scripting Guide - Chapter 3 - Special Characters

The password for the next level is stored in a file called spaces in this filename located in the home directory

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

DuckDuckGo Search for “spaces in filename”

The password for the next level is stored in a hidden file in the inhere directory.

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored in the only human-readable file in the inhere directory. Tip: if your terminal is messed up, try the “reset” command.

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored in a file somewhere under the inhere directory and has all of the following properties:

• human-readable
• 1033 bytes in size
• not executable

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored somewhere on the server and has all of the following properties:

• owned by user bandit7
• owned by group bandit6
• 33 bytes in size

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt next to the word millionth

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt and is the only line of text that occurs only once

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

Piping and Redirection

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt in one of the few human-readable strings, preceded by several ‘=’ characters.

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt and is the only line of text that occurs only once

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt in one of the few human-readable strings, preceded by several ‘=’ characters.

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

The password for the next level is stored in the file data.txt, which contains base64 encoded data

First, if you know a command, but don’t know how to use it, try the manual (man page) by entering “man ” (without the quotes). e.g. if you know about the “ls” command, type: man ls. The “man” command also has a manual, try it. Press q to quit the man command. if you havent installed man, just install it with apt-get install man. Second, if there is no man page, the command might be a shell built-in. In that case use the “help ” command. E.g. help cd Also, your favorite search-engine is your friend. Learn how to use it! I recommend DuckDuckGo.

Base64 on Wikipedia