OverTheWire-Bandit (Level 4 -> Level 5) - Walkthrough

Objective : 

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.

Procedure : 

(a) First lets traverse in the inhere directory and see how many files are present.

Displaying List Of Directory Contents Present In Current Directory

cd - Used to change directory
ls - Used to list directory contents

(b) Now we have to find a file which is human readable file.

Finding Human Readable File Consisting Of ASCII Encoding Text

file - This command is used to determine the file type
./-file0* - Is used to navigate each and every file which starts with -file0x. Where x is number from 0 to 9.

(c) Once we know human readable file, we will try to read its content.

Reading Contents Of Human Readable File

cat - Is used to read the contents of the file.

The content displayed is the password for the next level.

Solution : koReBOKuIDDepwhWk7jZC0RTdopnAYKh

(d) Now we will use this password to login to next level using the below command

ssh bandit5@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

bandit5 - Is the username
koReBOKuIDDepwhWk7jZC0RTdopnAYKh - Is the password.