JohnTheRipper: how to specify a pattern
by DBabo from LinuxQuestions.org on (#54H1D)
Hello,
in my ultimate stubbornness, I refuse to reset root's password of my machine. Thus i have been trying to crack it.
I came across the "John the Ripper" tool.
Question:
how do i specify mode/rule(?) to attempt to crack the password based on a pattern?
I remember part of the password:
<special sym> or not|WORLD|<special symbol>|<maybe another character>|<a few digits>
for example:
~WORLD?20 or WORLD?12 or !WORLD1
in other words, "world" is there, but the rest of the characters are gone from my fingers' memory :(
in my ultimate stubbornness, I refuse to reset root's password of my machine. Thus i have been trying to crack it.
I came across the "John the Ripper" tool.
Question:
how do i specify mode/rule(?) to attempt to crack the password based on a pattern?
I remember part of the password:
<special sym> or not|WORLD|<special symbol>|<maybe another character>|<a few digits>
for example:
~WORLD?20 or WORLD?12 or !WORLD1
in other words, "world" is there, but the rest of the characters are gone from my fingers' memory :(