Problem with john - b5r2

[badongoq]

Hi

I have this irritating problem while using JTR. Basicaly when I try to use it with a wordlist ,it's always not working! It appears as if everything was fine, however, when I use 500 mb wordlist john finishes it in 16 seconds. That's obviously not working properly, therefore I would like to ask a question.

What am I doing wrong?
-I've tried dual-boot and livecd; doesn't work on either
-I try this command:

cd /pentest/passwords/john
./john
john --wordlist=something.txt --format=raw-md5 database.txt

I've also tried switching places --wordlist with --format
Doesn't work. I've ran out of ideas. Any suqqestions?

[nidsche]

Hi
What am I doing wrong?
-I've tried dual-boot and livecd; doesn't work on either
-I try this command:

cd /pentest/passwords/john
./john
john --wordlist=something.txt --format=raw-md5 database.txt

Hi,
most likely there is something wrong with your database.txt. To test your istallation try:

echo password | md5sum | awk '{print $1}' > testfile.txt

this will generate a testfile with a known entry
generate a wordlist by

echo password > testwl.txt

and run

./john --wordlist=testwl.txt --format=raw-MD5 testfile.txt

If the password is cracked JTR is working fine.

Best regards

[badongoq]

I highly appreciate your effort in making racking my brain a little bit easier! Since I've been solving this mystery for almost 4 days, I am tired.

So...

I had exactly followed your instruction at first. I had entered commands you provided me with, then I modified little database( to look like userass).
I am baffled because John didn't manage to crack this. It said it was zero guesses. Does this proves that the installation is wrong? I hardly believe ,since I tried it also on the VMware (but b5r3) and it didn't work either.
Any solutions? Should I consider burning another CD with b5r1 if it is more stable?

Thanks in advance