Challenge Information

  • Platform: OverTheWire (Bandit)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Category: Linux

Overview

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

Solution

SSH into machine on port 2220 with credentials from previous level.

ssh -p 2220 -i ./<credentials> bandit17@bandit.labs.overthewire.org

Use diff to see the lines that differ.

diff passwords.new passwords.old

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Lessons Learned

  • How to get difference between lines in two files using diff

Tools Used

  • ssh
  • diff