On Mon, 7 Apr 2003, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > ./john some.file-with-crap-passwords > > do i have to call it from the directory it's in? and can i give it > /etc/passwd? trys to do the above just yield: > Try /etc/shadow, as /etc/passwd does not actually contain the passwords, unless for some reason you are not running shadow'd passwords.