Re: Etc/shadow file and john

are you just using the shadow file?
to crack it with john you have to correlate it with the passwd file.
there should be a tool in your john directory, which is called unshadow.
so safe the shadow and passwd from the machine and do the following:

unshadow passwd.txt shadow.txt > tocrack.txt

then tocrack.txt can be cracked by john
hope that helps.

cheers,
frank


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherwyn Williams" <sherwill22@tmail.com>
To: <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 6:56 PM
Subject: Etc/shadow file and john


> I am doing an assesment for passwords on a network, after getting the 
> password file I piped the output to a text file, tried to run that 
> against John and can't get any luck with the program. Do anyone here 
> uses any other password programs, and is there a better format than a 
> text file to store the out of the etc/shadow when trying to get the 
> passes.
> Sherwyn Williams
> Technical Consultant
> Sherwill22@tmail.com