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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0002590Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2018-01-29 11:54
Reporterkurobeats Assigned Tog0tmi1k  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionsuspended 
Summary0002590: john password mangling failing in Kali 2.0
Description

Running a password mangle with john advises there is an issue with the john.local.conf file:

$ sudo john --wordlist=/home/kuro/Downloads/test.txt --rules --stdout > /home/kuro/Downloads/mutated.txt
Unknown directive in the .conf file: '.include '$JOHN/john.local.conf''
Error in /etc/john/john.conf at line 3415

Steps To Reproduce

Run a mangle command, such as:

$ john --wordlist=./test.txt --rules --stdout > ./mutated.txt

Additional Information

The test.txt file I used had one entry: password

Activities

kurobeats

kurobeats

2015-08-24 05:55

reporter   ~0003828

Workaround: comment out john.local.conf and the two entries for john-local.conf in the john.conf file.

g0tmi1k

g0tmi1k

2018-01-29 11:54

administrator   ~0008093

Due to the age of the OS (Kali Moto [v1], Kali Safi [v2], Kali Rolling 2016.x), these legacy versions are no longer supported.
We will be closing this ticket due to inactivity.

Please could you see if you are able to replicate this issue with the latest version of Kali Linux - https://www.kali.org/downloads/)?

If you are still facing the same problem, feel free to re-open the ticket. If you choose to do this, could you provide more information to the issue you are facing,and also give information about your setup?
For more information, please read: https://kali.training/topic/filing-a-good-bug-report/

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2015-08-24 05:44 kurobeats New Issue
2015-08-24 05:55 kurobeats Note Added: 0003828
2018-01-29 11:54 g0tmi1k Assigned To => g0tmi1k
2018-01-29 11:54 g0tmi1k Status new => closed
2018-01-29 11:54 g0tmi1k Resolution open => suspended
2018-01-29 11:54 g0tmi1k Note Added: 0008093