Loaded 0 passwords, exiting... whle running john

[blal]

Hi all,

I am trying to run john password cracker pgm on
my HP unix 11 machine.

I have copied my passwd file to the run directory and running
#./john passwd
then it immediately says "Loaded 0 passwords, exiting..."
If any body has faced this ,please update me.

Thanking you,
Baijulal.M

[Jairo Campana]

Verify
you hpux 11.0 this in mode Trusted, directory /tcb

you passwd have the key
vantux:D768AVEKxN5fQ:110:111:,,,:/home/vantux:/usr/bin/sh
orabck:/QAOIHrM9NlEs:105:102:,,,:/home/orabck:/usr/bin/ksh
actmin:vmhKe3BMhpmDQ:106:105:,,,:/home/acmin:/usr/bin/sh

or

root:*:0:3::/root:/sbin/sh
daemon:*:1:5::/:/sbin/false
bin:*:2:2::/usr/bin:/sbin/false
sys:*:3:3::/:/sbin/false

[blal]

Thanks Jairo,

Its is in trusted mode. only * appears in password file for password entry.

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

As it's trusted you'll need to get the passwords from the individual tcb files. This extra complication is one of the security benefits of trusted systems!

regards,

Darren.

[Jairo Campana]

example
# cat /tcb/files/auth/r/root
root:u_name=root:u_id#0: :u_pwd=lytKBx7Bl0Gj.3/17yRh0BWk: :u_auditid#0: :u_auditflag#1: :u_succhg#1051883628:u_unsucchg#1043854393:u_llogin#5184000:u_pswduser=root: :u_restrict@:u_genchars@:u_suclog#1055795648:u_suctty=tty: :u_unsuclog#1055514193:u_lock@:chkent:
#
***********************************
u_pwd is the password the root its needd jhon the ripper
copy lytKBx7Bl0Gj.3/17yRh0BWk
in format /etc/passwd no trusted example
root:lytKBx7Bl0Gj.3/17yRh0BWk::/root:/sbin/sh

so, execute john passwd

[Caesar_3]

Hello!

You can also off the trusted system and this
will return the passwd file to the original mode that john will understand it.
You can off/on trusted system from SAM.

Caesar

[John Payne_2]

But you don't have to involve SAM at all:

cd /usr/lbin
tsconvert -r
cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.bak
tsconvert

john /etc/passwd.bak

And you are done. (You could even script this, add it to cron and go.)

Hope it helps

John

[Darren Prior]

Hi,

Untrusting and retrusting the system will make it easier for you to get to the passwords for your cracker program, but consider that you will then lose the last successful/unsuccessful login and password change data, along with any custom security policies that exist for both the individual users and the system default policies.

regards,

Darren.

[SSP_1]

Hi Baiju ,

Could you pl post the john dump as an attachement to the forum or pl tell me where can I get it. I also want to try it on one of our server.

What does it actually do....is it removes any password entries.