OverTheWire Bandit Solutions: levels 0 to 5

Well, good afternoon, good evening, and good night everyone, wherever you are in the world. Welcome to the first installation of my OverTheWire Bandit Solutions guide: A Linux Admin’s Guide to Solving OverTheWire’s Bandit. You can call me Anya, and I will be beginning with level 0 up to level 5 of Bandit in this installment. There’s a lot of good stuff coming up—we’re going to learn about ls, cat, and find. Let’s forge ahead and finish up Bandit!

Bandit Level 0 to 1

Level Goal

The goal of this level is to connect to the Bandit game server using SSH. The password for the next level is stored in a file named readme located in the home directory.

Steps

Connect to the Bandit server using SSH:
```
 ssh bandit0@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
```
Use the password bandit0 when prompted.
List the contents of the home directory:
```
 ls
```
Read the readme file to find the password for the next level:
```
 cat readme
```

SSH into Bandit 1 using the password you found:

 ssh bandit1@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

Bandit Level 1 to 2

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in a file called - located in the home directory.

Steps

List the contents of the home directory:
```
 ls
```
Read the file named - by specifying the file path:
```
 cat ./-
```

SSH into Bandit 2 using the password you found:

 ssh bandit2@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

Bandit Level 2 to 3

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in a file called spaces in this filename located in the home directory.

Steps

List the contents of the home directory:
```
 ls
```
Read the file with spaces in its name by enclosing it in quotes:
```
 cat "spaces in this filename"
```

SSH into Bandit 3 using the password you found:

 ssh bandit3@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

Bandit Level 3 to 4

Level Goal

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

Steps

Navigate to the inhere directory:
```
 cd inhere
```
List all files, including hidden ones:
```
 ls -a
```
Read the hidden file to find the password:
```
 cat .hidden
```

SSH into Bandit 4 using the password you found:

 ssh bandit4@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

Bandit Level 4 to 5

Level Goal

The password for the next level is stored in a file with human-readable content among many other files in the inhere directory.

Steps

Navigate to the inhere directory:
```
 cd inhere
```
Identify the file with human-readable content:
```
 file ./*
```
Look for the file that is identified as ASCII text.
Read the contents of the identified file to find the password:
```
 cat ./-file07
```

SSH into Bandit 5 using the password you found:

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

Congratulations on making it through levels 0 to 5! These introductory levels of Bandit are excellent for familiarizing yourself with basic Linux commands and concepts.

Stay tuned for the next part, where we’ll tackle even more challenging levels.

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Until next time, happy hacking!