fixme1.py (picoCTF 30)

Challenge Author: LT ‘SYREAL’ JONES

Category: General Skills

Difficulty: Easy

Description

Fix the syntax error in the Python script to print the flag

Process / Notes

  1. wget the Python script
  2. appears to be the same = vs == as before?
  3. No it was correct this time
  4. Running the script said there was an indentation error - the print statement was indented when it shouldn’t have been
  5. Fixing it and running again returned the flag

3 minutes 20 seconds to complete

Hints

  1. Indentation is very meaningful in Python

Core Lessons

  1. Understand Python syntax (indentation)