Bandit Level 8 -> Level 9

• Platform: OverTheWire
• Wargame: Bandit
• Date: 2025-12-13 00:47

Overview

Bandit Level 8: The password for Level 9 is stored in a file named data.txt and is the only line of text that occurs only once.

One will need to read the file data.txt and find the line that occurs only once.

Connection:

Host: bandit.labs.overthewire.org
Port: 2220
User: bandit8
Password: (use the password from Level 7's data.txt file)

Steps

1. SSH into the server as bandit8

(enter the password you found in Level 7 when prompted)

2. Find the unique line

(password for bandit9)

Summary

• The password is stored in a file named data.txt in the home directory of bandit8.
• Use sort to sort the contents of the file data.txt.
• Use uniq -u to only print unique lines.
• Use | (pipe) to chain commands together.