Level 1 to Level 2

Now while being logged in as the user bandit1, you need to find the password of user bandit2 in order to complete this level.

If you haven’t completed the previous level, do check out the write-up for Level 0 to Level 1, which is present here.

Follow these steps to proceed:

• Use the ls command to list all the files in a directory
• There is a file named - in the home directory
• Now, while reading the file, we encounter a problem: the character - is a special character in bash shell, which is interpreted differently and not how we want it.
• So to read the contents of the file, we need to specify the file name along with its path in the cat command like this: cat ./-
• This will show you the password of the user bandit2. Note that down and proceed forward to the next level.

Password obtained at the time of writing this write-up: 263JGJPfgU6LtdEvgfWU1XP5yac29mFx

Note

Passwords on each of the levels are known to change regularly after a specific interval of time. So instead of skimming through the write-up, it is recommended to solve the challenge by hand.