Overthewire Bandit Level 2 -> 3
Solution for the Overthewire.org Bandit level 2 -> 3
Level Goal
The password for the next level is stored in a file called spaces in this filename located in the home directory
Walkthrough
Login to the server using the password obtained from the previous level Bandit level 1 -> 2.
username: bandit2
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ssh bandit2@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
This time there is a file with spaces in the name.
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bandit2@bandit:~$ ls
spaces in this filename
Running cat spaces in the filename will cause errors as it will think each word in spaces in the filename is its own separate file.
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bandit2@bandit:~$ cat spaces in this filename
cat: spaces: No such file or directory
cat: in: No such file or directory
cat: this: No such file or directory
cat: filename: No such file or directory
Printing the contents of the file can be done 2 ways.
One using \ before each space to indicate to the terminal that the filename continues and the other is surrounding the file name with quotes ' or ".
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bandit2@bandit:~$ cat 'spaces in this filename'
UmHadQ##########################
bandit2@bandit:~$ cat spaces\ in\ this\ filename
UmHadQ##########################
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