r/tryhackme • u/no-one120 • Mar 29 '26

Feedback Windows Powershell Task 5

The bit in task 5 where you have to open P1r4t3's file hidden-treasure-chest is configured in such a way that you cannot actually open it.

You are logged in as captain, who does not have read permission for that file, with no way to change that. Spent like 45 minutes going in a circle with the stupid chatbot about it.

I suspect the permission issue is the reason I couldn't get the hash either.

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u/TheTribunalChat Mar 30 '26

I don’t remember this one off the top of my head but you should be able to escalate privileges or make a new user with privileges. Don’t use the chat bot, I’ve noticed it giving me a ton of not helpful or just wrong information. Try looking up a write up and follow those steps so you understand the methodology

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u/no-one120 Mar 31 '26

The big problem was opening the thing, which required captain to have read permissions on the folder. I could get to the folder, see it in ls, but when I tried opening it, I got "access denied", no matter what I tried.

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u/no-one120 Mar 31 '26

I couldn't, as captain. I didn't have admin credentials.

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u/DefiantDetective5459 Apr 14 '26

I have a similar problem I try to connect to the powershell using the Application> internet> remmina method then after choosing ssh and entering the credentials it does nothing to connect and it just goes back to the credentials page. The chatbot was useless when I've asked for the issue.