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[Cerberus0011]

Please edit if this is a spoiler....
--A big hint is dont use firebug on this one...
--Once you have the right DT command entered in the right place,
a page is displayed that literally tells you how to finish the mission

What i would like to know is this;
Is it possible to find out who did it(bonus points) ?
and if so is that difficulty rating above easy?
EDIT: Read another thread, no bonus points, just saved myself alot of time

Enjoy

[juansf111]

LOL I got the solution while I was tryng something... Can someone explain it to em by PM plz?

[reeling]

I'm not sure how to ask this without giving a spoiler so sorry if it gives something away.

I am entering the data like this:
../new file
../ old file

how ever when I do that i get the message "you are on the right track but you are wrong" message. When i remove or add more ../ it just says that the poem has been added. I am completely stuck and have no idea what else to try. Any additional tips would be very much appreciated.

[conscience]

I'm not sure how to ask this without giving a spoiler so sorry if it gives something away.

I am entering the data like this:
../new file
../ old file

how ever when I do that i get the message "you are on the right track but you are wrong" message. When i remove or add more ../ it just says that the poem has been added. I am completely stuck and have no idea what else to try. Any additional tips would be very much appreciated.

Where are you?

[spo0on]

I've read pages and pages of the same hints (Some of you guys really need to read at least ONE page of this stuff before you ask questions, they're almost all the same). I understand how everything works, except for the part where we know the file structure. The solution makes perfect sense if you know how the poems are being saved, but how do we find that out? Trial and error? In that case, its pretty misleading that the HTS Forbidden page says Page Not Found as opposed to Forbidden. Am I missing something else?

Thanks!

[alowaniak]

One thing I still don't really get is why it works...?
My initial try was using SSI (since I would've thought you could view your poetry submission after submitting).
But what I don't get is why it works how it works, because if you view the poetry submissions it doesn't take you to "/[submissionname]" but instead it uses "submissions.php?name=[submissionname]" which I would think hints to the submissions being saved in a database or w/e but if that would've been the case then the current solution wouldn't have worked right?
Anyone care to explain it in more detail why it works? (PM if you want)

[conscience]

Google "PHP file_get_contents" and there'll be light.

also, note that these missions are simulated and simulations are not (well, actually they can't, for security/etc reasons, be) 100%.

as your mission is to restore a file, you will obviously have some functionality on the target site that has file write access.
once you know where it is, you'll just need to know what to feed it with, and how to force it to put your stuff to a path more appropriate for you.
now i really can't think of a single way to explain it better, more simple, and without giving the whole solution away.

this thread is in excess of information on how to solve the mission, really. the key phrase (for the whole site, actually) is understanding: You should understand what and why is happening and look up information available throughout the internet on mechanisms involved in a certain mission. that's how learning goes

good luck everyone

[Raven_ghost]

Hm i completed this challenge with some research sadly, but there are a few things i don´t understand...

for exemple how am i supposed to know where the poems are saved , i didn´t find a hint here if or if there are not more folders (i know where they are just ask like this to prevent spoilers.)
And second ... how am i supposed to know how the poems are saved, they could have been saved in an SQL Database or a .txt file ... or whatever

Would be realy grateful if someone could PM me the answers so we´re not spoilering

[conscience]

how am i supposed to know where the poems are saved

how am i supposed to know how the poems are saved, they could have been saved in an SQL Database or a .txt file ... or whatever

First of all, common sense. Second, there is a certain behaviour of one of the scripts through which you access the poems (won't tell whether it's r/w ).

[Elemenophee]

First of all, I don't think this is a spoil because mission can't be achieved this way.


I just ended it but I'm wondering why .php?command=mv%20oldfile%20newfile doesn't works.