bandit → Bandit Level 18
bandit_18/README.md
OverTheWire ssh bashrc The password for the next level is stored in a file readme in the homedirectory. Unfortunately, someone has modified .bashrc to log you out when you log in with SSH.

Bandit Level 18

  • When you try to SSH in, you get kicked out immediately with the message Byebye!. Someone has modified .bashrc to run exit as soon as an interactive shell starts.

  • The trick is to pass a command directly to SSH so it executes before the shell even loads .bashrc interactively.

    • ssh bandit18@localhost -p 2220 cat readme appends cat readme at the end of the ssh command, which runs the command on the remote machine without spawning an interactive shell.
    • This bypasses .bashrc entirely and just dumps the file contents.

Password

kfBf3eYk5BPBRzwjqutbbfE887SVc5Yd

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