OverTheWire Wargames

Bandit Level 17 –> Level 18

Level Goal

There are 2 files in the homedirectory: passwords.old and passwords.new. The password for the next level is in passwords.new and is the only line that has been changed between passwords.old and passwords.new

NOTE: if you have solved this level and see ‘Byebye!’ when trying to log into bandit18, this is related to the next level, bandit19

Commands you may need to solve this level

cat, grep, ls, diff

Solution

There is two files in home dir contain many lines, password is the change between them

bandit17@bandit:~$ ls
passwords.new  passwords.old

diff command compare two file then output the difference (Password)

bandit17@bandit:~$ diff passwords.old passwords.new
42c42
< w0Yfolrc5bwjS4qw5mq1nnQi6mF03bii
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> kfBf3eYk5BPBRzwjqutbbfE887SVc5Yd

Password

kfBf3eYk5BPBRzwjqutbbfE887SVc5Yd