Bandit Level 7

Goal

Find the password somewhere on the server. The target file is:

• owned by user bandit7
• owned by group bandit6
• 33 bytes

Steps

1. SSH in:

ssh bandit7@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220

2. Use find starting at / (this may produce permission errors):

find / -type f -user bandit7 -group bandit6 -size 33c 2>/dev/null

3. Read the found file:

cat <path-from-find>

That output is the password for Level 8.

Notes

• 2>/dev/null hides noisy “Permission denied” messages.
• You can add -maxdepth if you want to explore, but the above is usually fastest.