Bandit 3 → 4

OverTheWire Linux Progressive

Goal: read the password from a hidden file inside the inhere directory.

Approach

bandit3@bandit

bandit3@bandit:~$ cd inhere
bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ ls -la
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 2 root    root    4096 Jul 28 19:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root    root    4096 Jul 28 19:03 ..
-rw-r----- 1 bandit4 bandit3   33 Jul 28 19:03 ...Hiding-From-You
bandit3@bandit:~/inhere$ cat ./...Hiding-From-You
The password you are looking for is: <password>

Password2WmrDFRmJIq3IPxneAaMGhap0pFhF3NJReveal

Why it works

ls omits any name beginning with a dot by default, so -a is needed to list it. The leading dots are only a naming convention, not a filesystem attribute, so once you name the file it reads like any other.