Bandit Level 4

Goal

The password is in inhere/ inside a file that is human-readable.

Key concept

Use the file command to detect which files are:

• ASCII text
• UTF-8 text
• etc.

Steps

1. SSH in:

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

2. Go into the directory:

cd inhere

3. Look at what’s there:

ls -la

You’ll see multiple files (often named like -file00, -file01, etc.).

4. Identify the human-readable one:

file ./*

5. Read the one that is reported as “ASCII text” (or similar):

cat ./-file00

(Use the correct filename from your file output.)

That output is the password for Level 5.

Notes

• We use ./-file00 style paths for the same reason as Level 1: leading dashes can confuse commands.