on Mon, 07 Apr 2003 10:31:17AM -0400, Mike Dresser insinuated:
> 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.
awesome, this is what i wanted. thank for pointing out my error.
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