Hi, any clue on the expected format for one of the Skills Assessment question: “Determine the file type of “leave_msg” binary and submit it as the answer.”
The hint “Knowing for which CPU architecture the binary has been compiled also belongs to the file type.” did not help to find the format.
I’d start with trying ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (GNU/Linux) and working from there. It might need the “dynamically linked” bit or even the stripped bit.
It is definitely frustrating when the Academy labs don’t provide a “format” guide for how they want the answer.
I gave a second try, with/without the stripped bit, “dynamically linked” , setuid, … Yep a little frustrated to miss the last point due to a unknown format issue
@TazWake said: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (GNU/Linux)
I hope it’s not considered a spoiler, but the answer is a substring of this. I didn’t really like this kind of questions and they’re present in other modules too. No educational value out of guessing the exact string, IMO.
Hi, any clue on the expected format for one of the Skills Assessment question: “Determine the file type of “leave_msg” binary and submit it as the answer.”
The hint “Knowing for which CPU architecture the binary has been compiled also belongs to the file type.” did not help to find the format.
I understand what they are trying to get us to do… make sure we know our platform and such… but making an arbitrary submission format is kind of silly. Then again, isn’t that what this is all about??? Testing inputs