OverTheWire Wargames

Bandit Level 3 –> Level 4

Level Goal

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

Commands you may need to solve this level

ls, cd, cat, file, du, find

Solution

ls command show that there is folder in home directory “inhere”

bandit3@bandit:~$ ls
inhere

Lets see it

bandit3@bandit:~$ cd inhere
bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ 

ls command show nothing in inhere directory so use -a flag to see all hidden files

bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ ls
bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ ls -a
.  ..  .hidden

Password in “.hidden” file

bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ cat .hidden
pIwrPrtPN36QITSp3EQaw936yaFoFgAB

Password

pIwrPrtPN36QITSp3EQaw936yaFoFgAB