I don’t know who decided to rank this machine as Easy! This in no way whatsoever is a 20 points machine!
I think HTB should have a clear policy on how to rank machines, based on measurable criteria like “Number of commands needed to root, average time to root, average time to enumerate…etc”.
In any case, this machine should be changed to be at least Medium.
Other than that, this was a good machine, with some minor issues in its design that made it illogical.
My advise for people stuck on the machine:
For User:
-Use all the latest scripts in all tools you use, as I found older ones not to be working
For root:
Don’t give privileges to the account you are already using, instead, create a new account and apply everything to it.