Writing the Answer File

Getting credit for an answer you already have

This is where people drop points they had already earned. A program reads this file, so it wants the answer and nothing else.

The format

One answer per line, with the label the ReadMe asks for:

FQ1: answer
FQ2: /some/path
FQ3: PLAINTEXT

💡 Real CyberPatriot does this slightly differently. There you answer forensics questions in the files the competition image puts on the desktop, one file per question. It is close enough that the habit transfers: read the question, answer exactly what it asked for, write nothing else.

What gets rejected

That last one catches good students constantly. Showing your work is a virtue everywhere except in a file a program reads.

Answer in the units the question asked for. "Full path" means it starts with a slash. "Username" means just the name. Read the last few words of the question before you write the line.

Writing it

The file lives where only an administrator can write, so put sudo in front:

sudo nano /root/forensics_answers.txt

Type your three lines, then Ctrl+O and Enter to save, then Ctrl+X to leave.

Try it yourself

Write your three answers, then open the file again to check what actually got saved:

sudo nano /root/forensics_answers.txt