Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the fil…

Lisa,

John the Ripper has been running for almost 2 days trying to crack the
password....still no success.

:)

Mark
On Jul 14, 2011 4:28 PM, "Lisa Kachold" <lisakachold@obnosis.com> wrote:
> If you don't have the ability to boot something like a DVD/CD or USB key,
> try john the ripper?
>
> Save the encrypted string to a test file and run it through john the
ripper
> running on your system:
>
> Ubuntu:
>
> # apt-get install john
>
> Centos/RH/Fedora:
>
> # yum install john
>
> Example use:
>
> # john -single crackme.txt
>
> References:
>
> http://www.openwall.com/john/doc/
>
>
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=video&cd=1&ved=0CDIQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D3YyscD_tADk&rct=j&q=john%20the%20ripper&tbm=vid&ei=t3ofTsXRNqTv0gHB2bmYAw&usg=AFQjCNE8vdlkxhwQ15zCuBePI9Y9qk3mAQ&cad=rja
>
> http://www.osix.net/modules/article/?id=455
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Sam Kreimeyer <skreimey@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hello Mark,
>>
>> Have you tried using Kon-Boot? It's a bootable image that edits the
kernel
>> to bypass the password prompt.
>>
>>
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