This is (at least part of) your problem:
/usr/bin/showtext
bandit26 has an invalid shell.
Turn that into /bin/bash (or some other shell)
ET 


Michael Havens writes: 

> bandit25@melinda:~$ grep bandit26 /etc/passwd
> bandit26:x:11026:11026:bandit level 26:/home/bandit26:/usr/bin/showtext 
> 
> if possible don't figure it out for me..... help me to figure it out.
>      For instance: I understand the grep command but why are we issuing it?
> As for the output of that command:
> bandit26:x:11026:11026:bandit level 26:/home/bandit26:/usr/bin/showtext
> user:passwd:UID:GID:?:?
> After I looked up the password file I was inspired to grep
> /usr/bin/showtext but after entering it it just hung.
> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
> 
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 9:56 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
>> permission denied 
>>
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon@gmail.com>
>> wrote: 
>>
>>> Oh try a sudo makedev -a if nothing else works, maybe your tty is hosed
>>> On Feb 28, 2015 2:35 AM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote: 
>>>
>>>> I looked at the output with the verbose flags and think IO need to
>>>> include a tad more than just the last line: 
>>>>
>>>> debug1: Sending command: vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
>>>> debug2: channel 0: request exec confirm 1
>>>> debug2: callback done
>>>> debug2: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 32768
>>>> debug2: channel 0: rcvd adjust 2097152
>>>> debug2: channel_input_status_confirm: type 99 id 0
>>>> debug2: exec request accepted on channel 0 
>>>>
>>>> and then it just hangs 
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:21 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote: 
>>>>
>>>>> oh! I forgot to mention that if I run 
>>>>>
>>>>> ssh -i ./bandit26.sshkey  bandit26@localhost 
>>>>>
>>>>> it just logs me out after login. Sorry I didn't mention that before. 
>>>>>
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:17 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote: 
>>>>>
>>>>>> The last line after running it with the verbose flags is: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> debug2: exec request accepted on channel 0 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Mike Ballon <mike.ballon@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You're trying to ssh to the localhost? 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> start with ssh -vvv then your arguments 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote: 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm trying to ssh into a computer. The shell it uses is not bash.
>>>>>>>> I've run: 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bandit25@melinda:~$ ssh -i ./bandit26.sshkey  bandit26@localhost 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bandit25@melinda:~$ ssh -i ./bandit26.sshkey  bandit26@localhost ls 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bandit25@melinda:~$ ssh -i ./bandit26.sshkey  bandit26@localhost
>>>>>>>> echo $0
>>>>>>>> bandit25@melinda:~$ ssh -i ./bandit26.sshkey  bandit26@localhost ps
>>>>>>>> -p $$ 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> but they all seem to be waiting for input. Please.... what do I need
>>>>>>>> to read to figure this out?
>>>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: 
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