stuck on the terminal

[polterheist]

laguna just gave me instructions on what to type into the terminal on friday the 14th in game. but since it's split into multiple messages i'm having trouble parsing what the game wants me to type to progress the story.

can anyone just tell me exactly what i need to type in?

[Ninto55]

Going to copy paste an answer I gave in another thread in case you still want help. First it explains what the commands are a bit more consisely than Laguna does, so maybe you can try to figure it out yourself. After that is some spoiler text giving more specific instructions. I don't provide what exactly to type in because I don't remember it all for sure, but you should be able to follow the instructions in the spoilers telling you what to do and use that with the instructions before the spoilers telling you how to do it.

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So there are three commands available.

The first is ls, which lists out what is in a directory. Use this to explore the folders and find things you want to open. For example, first you might type just ls alone

> ls

to see what accounts there are. Then you might check Alex's account to see what directories are in her account.

> ls /Alex

This would list out some folders. Then you could check one of those folders with ls too like "ls /Alex/[Folder]" for example the Documents folder

> ls /Alex/Documents

That would list all of the documents.

To open a file or a program, you type the full path to it, but with a . at the front. So if there were a txt file in Alex's documents folder, you would get to it with this:

> ./Alex/Documents/example.txt

And the txt file would open up.

The last comment is the su command, where it is just typing "su [password]" once you know it. For example, if the password were "hotdog" you would type

> su hotdog

At that point you'll get a message in the terminal telling you what you unlocked.

With that you should be able to figure it out yourself. Use ls to explore the ENTIRETY of the computer, and then open any files you find to see if you can figure out the password from them.

I'll go into more specific instructions below in the spoiler tag, but since it has been a while, maybe give it another try yourself and then come back here.

So to find the password you have to go into John's folder. I don't remember the exact path, but you'll be able to find it if you keep using ls in his folders to go deeper. Eventually you'll find REMINDER.txt that is a note he left to himself. That file is the clue to the password. Stop reading here if you want to try to figure out the password yourself.

The password is "ALEX". The hint was that the first letter of each line spelt our her name, and the last line starting with the word "Xactly" instead of "Exactly" was supposed to be the big hint there. Now that you have the password type "su ALEX" into the terminal and it will give you a message. Stop reading here if you want to figure out the log out password yourself. Be sure to think outside of the box at this point.

After entering the password, the terminal tells you it has put the file on your desktop. It doesn't mean Alex's desktop, it means your desktop. Minimize the game (press alt+tab on your keyboard) and open the new txt file on your desktop. That will tell you John's other password. I don't remember it off the top of my head but it was something like "becauseiloveyou" but you can just check it for yourself. Go back into the game and try to log out. A window will ask you for a password, and enter that password in. And you're out.

[cura]

Thank you, I would have never ever figured the second part out!! What a relief.

[Red1Monster]

Thank you !