On 0, "John P. Looney" <jplooney-ilug at online.ie> wrote:
> > Here is the tail end of the output.
> >
> > ===========================================
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/tools/c50a/src/util'
> > Crack: The dictionaries seem up to date...
> > Crack: Sorting out and merging feedback, please be patient...
> > Crack: Merging password files...
> > Crack: Creating gecos-derived dictionaries
> > mkgecosd: making non-permuted words dictionary
> > mkgecosd: making permuted words dictionary
> > Crack: launching: cracker -kill run/Kstar.12202
> > Done
> > ===========================================
> >
> > The Crack does not try to crack my passwords. Am I invoking Crack with
> > the wrong syntax? How can I test the password qualities of my users?
>> It is working actually. It's running cracker in the background. Check it
> yourself with top. I don't remember what the files are called, but it makes
> logs of what it's doing in a subdirectory of the main directory. Go
> hunting.
>
I don't see any CPU activity in xload, top etc. It appears as if Crack is not doing
the cracking. There were no files in Crack/run directory either.
Subba Rao
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