Author: hanska-guest Date: 2008-06-09 14:16:26 +0000 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) New Revision: 181
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog trunk/debian/man/john.8 Log: * debian/man/john.8: - updated the locations of john's session files (Closes: #360591) - updated descriptions of --rules and --test (Closes: #485422) Modified: trunk/debian/changelog =================================================================== --- trunk/debian/changelog 2008-06-02 15:22:35 UTC (rev 180) +++ trunk/debian/changelog 2008-06-09 14:16:26 UTC (rev 181) @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +john (1.7.2-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + * debian/man/john.8: + - updated the locations of john's session files (Closes: #360591) + - updated descriptions of --rules and --test (Closes: #485422) + + -- David Paleino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:15:19 +0200 + john (1.7.2-3) unstable; urgency=low * Merged debian/changelog from old experimental version (1.7-1 and Modified: trunk/debian/man/john.8 =================================================================== --- trunk/debian/man/john.8 2008-06-02 15:22:35 UTC (rev 180) +++ trunk/debian/man/john.8 2008-06-09 14:16:26 UTC (rev 181) @@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ .\" Jordi Mallach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .\" This is free documentation, see the latest version of the GNU General .\" Public License for copying conditions. There is NO warranty. -.TH JOHN 8 "June 03, 2004" john +.TH JOHN 8 "June 09, 2008" john .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .SH NAME john \- a tool to find weak passwords of your users .SH SYNOPSIS .B john -.RI [ options ] "password-files" +.RI [ options ] +password-files .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the .B john @@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ "wordlist" and finally "incremental". .P Once John finds a password, it will be printed to the terminal and saved -into a file called ~/john.pot. John will read this file when it restarts -so it doesn't try to crack already done passwords. +into a file called ~/.john/john.pot. John will read this file when it +restarts so it doesn't try to crack already done passwords. .P To see the cracked passwords, use .P @@ -41,12 +42,14 @@ .P While cracking, you can press any key for status, or Ctrl+C to abort the session, saving point information to a file ( -.I ~/restore +.I ~/.john/john.rec by default). By the way, if you press Ctrl+C twice John will abort immediately without saving. The point information is also saved every 10 minutes (configurable in the configuration file, -.I ~/john.ini +.I ~/.john/john.ini +or +.I ~/.john/john.conf ) in case of a crash. .P To continue an interrupted session, run: @@ -101,17 +104,27 @@ (section [Incremental:MODE], or [Incremental:All] by default). .TP .B \-makechars:FILE -Generates a charset file, based on character frequencies from ~/john.pot, -for use with the incremental mode. The entire ~/john.pot will be used for -the charset file unless you specify some password files. You can also use -an external filter() routine with this option. +Generates a charset file, based on character frequencies from +~/.john/john.pot, for use with the incremental mode. The entire +~/.john/john.pot will be used for the charset file unless you specify +some password files. You can also use an external filter() routine with +this option. .TP .B \-restore[:FILE] Continues an interrupted cracking session, reading point information from -the specified file (~/restore by default). +the specified file (~/.john/john.rec by default). .TP .B \-rules -Enables wordlist rules, that are read from [List.Rules:Wordlist]. +Enables wordlist rules, that are read from [List.Rules:Wordlist] in +.I /etc/john/john.conf +(or the alternative configuration file you might specify on the command +line). +.br +This option +.B requires +the +.B -wordlist +option to be passed as well. .TP .B \-salts:[\-]COUNT This feature sometimes allows to achieve better performance. For example @@ -163,6 +176,11 @@ .B \-test Benchmarks all the enabled ciphertext format crackers, and tests them for correct operation at the same time. +.br +This option does +.B not +need any file passed as argument. Its only function is to benchmark the +system john is running on. .TP .B \-users:[\-]LOGIN|UID[,..] Allows you to filter a few accounts for cracking, etc. A dash before the _______________________________________________ Pkg-john-commits mailing list Pkg-john-commits@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-john-commits
