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Misc & Tricks

Show hidden options
./john --list=hidden-options
Using session and restoring them
./john hashes --session=name
./john --restore=name
./john --session=allrules --wordlist=all.lst --rules mypasswd &
./john status
Show the potfile
./john hashes --pot=potFile --show
Search if a root/uid0 have been cracked
john --show --users=0 mypasswdFile
john --show --users=root mypasswdFile
List OpenCL devices and get their id
./john --list=opencl-devices
List format supported by OpenCL
./john --list=formats --format=opencl
Using multiples GPU
./john hashes --format:openclformat --wordlist:wordlist --rules:rules --dev=0,1 --fork=2
Using multiple CPU (eg. 4 cores)
./john hashes --wordlist:wordlist --rules:rules --dev=2 --fork=4