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OverTheWire Bandit Level 17 - 18

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Prompt #

There are 2 files in the home directory: passwords.old and passwords.new. The password for the next level is in passwords.new and is the only line that has been changed between passwords.old and passwords.new

Solution #

$ ssh bandit17@bandit.labs.overthewire.org -p 2220
bandit17@bandit.labs.overthewire.org password: xLYVMN9WE5zQ5vHacb0sZEVqbrp7nBTn
bandit17@bandit:~$ ls
passwords.new  passwords.old
bandit17@bandit:~$ ls -l
-rw-r----- 1 bandit18 bandit17 3300 May  7  2020 passwords.new
-rw-r----- 1 bandit18 bandit17 3300 May  7  2020 passwords.old
bandit17@bandit:~$ diff passwords.old passwords.new 
42c42
< w0Yfolrc5bwjS4qw5mq1nnQi6mF03bii
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> kfBf3eYk5BPBRzwjqutbbfE887SVc5Yd