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Odyssey - Part 4 - (Hack Smarter Labs!)

Odyssey - Part 4 - (Hack Smarter Labs!)

Source: YouTube · Tyler Ramsbey - Hack Smarter · published May 19, 2026 · 26:56

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The presenter continues the "Odyssey" CTF walkthrough, focusing on extracting credentials for the user "gill essay" or domain users after achieving root access on the web server 0:27.

Key Takeaways:
• The objective is to find credentials for the "gill essay" user or any domain user to progress in the lab 0:27.
• The presenter plans to examine the "Etsy shadow" file, now that root access has been obtained 0:31.
• A hint was received from the lab creator, Ryan Yeager (Ogron Carrot), via Discord regarding the next steps 0:37.

This segment bridges the gap between initial server compromise and user enumeration, highlighting the importance of community hints in complex CTF challenges.

Sources:

  • 0:27 Defining the goal of finding specific user credentials.
  • 0:31 Checking shadow files for password hashes.
  • 0:37 Receiving external hints from the creator.

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What is up everyone, welcome back to another video. This is part four of working through Odyssey. You know the drill. I'm making this while I live stream, so make sure you subscribe, hit the bell notification so that you can be the live studio audience next time. That being said, we're going to pick up right where we left off at the end of part three, so let me go ahead and dive into the machine. Remember, at the end of part three, we were able to get full root access to the web server. And our focus right now is finding credentials for the gill essay user or some type of domain user. Now, one way we could do this is looking at Etsy shadow now that we're the root user, and I do want to read to you guys a hint that Ryan Yeager, Ogron Carrot, the maker of the lab, messaged me on Discord beca…