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Message-ID: <CAAufJG6LX7NMt5Ztbhz5mh3e2KcXajSeb-omyW4iGW3HB1j_kg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 11:49:44 -0300
From: Claudio André <claudioandre.br@...il.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: JtR snap package notes

Hi there.

Many people are using John the Ripper snap package (
https://snapcraft.io/john-the-ripper).
- most users are using the released 1.9 Jumbo 1;
- some users are testing the developing version (The "bleeding-jumbo"
branch from git) through the edge snap channel;
- a few users (probably) are running very old and long cracking sessions
using the snap package.

Unfortunately, automatic updates that happen "behind the scenes" can't end
if you're in a long cracking session.
Based on Canonical statistics, I would say some users are still running a
JtR 1.8 version. This is not bad in itself. However, these users should
backup their `.pot` and` .log` files because, despite the fact that these
files will be copied to any new version of JtR, I am not sure if everything
will happen in the correct sequence (the last crack + pot sync versus the
snap package update).

Safety never hurts.

That said, if you are running a version earlier than 1.9-Jumbo 1, consider
stopping JtR, running a `snap refresh` and restoring your session.
Thanks for your reading.

Example of where you find `.pot` and `.log` files from the snap package.

$ ls -lRa ~/snap/john-the-ripper/

/home/claudio/snap/john-the-ripper/:
total 20
drwxr-xr-x  5 claudio claudio 4096 dez 24 09:02 .
drwxr-xr-x 11 claudio claudio 4096 dez 13 07:52 ..
drwxr-xr-x  3 claudio claudio 4096 abr 23  2019 343
drwxr-xr-x  3 claudio claudio 4096 abr 23  2019 348
drwxr-xr-x  2 claudio claudio 4096 fev  1  2019 common
lrwxrwxrwx  1 claudio claudio    3 dez 24 09:02 current -> 348

[...]

/home/claudio/snap/john-the-ripper/348:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 claudio claudio 4096 abr 23  2019 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 claudio claudio 4096 dez 24 09:02 ..
-rw------- 1 claudio claudio    9 abr 23  2019 .bash_history
drwx------ 2 claudio claudio 4096 jan  4 16:02 .john

/home/claudio/snap/john-the-ripper/348/.john:
total 424
drwx------ 2 claudio claudio   4096 jan  4 16:02 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 claudio claudio   4096 abr 23  2019 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 claudio claudio     25 dez 18 10:11 john-local.conf
-rw------- 1 claudio claudio 414512 dez 15 11:37 john.log
-rw------- 1 claudio claudio   2525 dez 13 12:53 john.pot

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