Description

The password is in a hidden file inside the inhere directory. On Unix, files whose names start with . are hidden from plain ls output.

Overview

• ls -a or ls -la reveals hidden files (dotfiles).
• Hidden files are a convention, not a security mechanism; any user with read permission on the directory can see and read them.

Solution

• Navigate to inhere and list all files including hidden ones.

channel = connect.system("ls -la inhere")
files = channel.recv().decode().strip().split("\n")[3:]  # skip . and ..
hidden = [f.split()[-1] for f in files][0]

channel = connect.system(f"cat inhere/{hidden}")
result = channel.recv().decode().strip()

Password

2EW7BBsr6aMMoJ2HjW067dm8EgX26xNe