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.
Thanks!
I have no idea too
Has file worked?
no. I tried part of it, changed the order… no luck 
Just to check, if you run file, you get something like this:
file mcpq
mcpq: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=09c2f2538c60f165999f95d5731308afe285d432, stripped
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
It should be elf32-i386 but not accepted 
annoying
(gdb) info files
Symbols from “/home/htb-student/leave_msg”.
Local exec file:
`/home/htb-student/leave_msg’, file type elf32-i386.
If you find the expected format… I could close this course 
@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.
Hmm I feel self trolled. Got a shell on the skills assessment but no root
Type your comment> @shazz said:
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.
Thanks!
----> Answers format: XXX xx-bit
@Satellite thanks for the tip.
That closed it out for me.
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
Anyone please give any hints to root . Really tired with the machine and questions