On 11/21/2016 02:25 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have a running system that I have forgotten the root password. I > really do not want to take down the system, go through the steps to boot > up in single user mode and change the password. > > I just happen to have used the same password on a test system, so I was > able to copy the /etc/passwd, edit it so that it only contains the root > user and feed it into john on a notebook I have (F22). > > Well john has been working for 20 hours (one cpu pegged at 100%). I did > not think the password was that complex! > > Anyone have any experience with this? Is there a better cracker than > john? I DO know a couple of the letters in the password (not the > numbers or special characters or the letter case) and password length. > Is there some tool that I can feed in a partial password like 'a?bc??d?"? >> is it not nice to know that you and fedora created a fairly secure password? no experiance yet. but i do subscribe to their list. interesting "Subject:" line; How long should I let JtR munch? results in a question to pass along to you, did you run JtR against the test examples to insure you have a good compile? other than above, nothing related to cracking user root password and your post, all the way back to 2014/04/01 - 1504 hrs. [ have been following longer, but lost drive due to fedora and lvm. :=( ] some links that may help; http://openwall.info/wiki/ http://openwall.info/wiki/john http://www.openwall.com/lists/ tho i could offer to pass along your problems to list, i do believe you should mailto:john-users-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or pull up the 'list' page above to join and see rest of lists offered. -- The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 KDE 4.3.4 peace out. tc,hago. g . =+= The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein =+= Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. =+= If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! =+= in a world with out fences, who needs gates. =+= _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
