Thanks Mark. I got to level 13 with help from overthewire.org's IRC. I more wanted to know how to figure it out with the man pages without having been spoon-fed the commands that will be used. The reason for that is the other games in the series don't give any hints. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 8:16 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > Mike, > > I have only played the first ten or so levels, so I don't know the whole > game. The objective at each level is to find the password to login to the > next level. The hints are for Linux commands that you use to find the file > that has the password so you can login at the next level. > > The basic game play is to login using ssh with a password. Then use man > pages to read about the commands that are the hints. Use these commands to > find the file that has the password for the next level. There are several > commands because there is usually more than one way to solve a problem in > Linux. As the game progresses, you will have to concatenate several > commands to decode the password from one of the files you find when you > login. Once you find the password, copy it, logout, and ssh to the next > level with the new password. > > Hope that helps! > > Mark > On Feb 7, 2015 12:42 AM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > >> I was hoping that someone could teach me how to figure how to complete >> the levels so I am not always begging people for help. >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >