#333532 john: JOHN_OPTIONS kills cronjob

Package:
john
Source:
john
Description:
active password cracking tool
Submitter:
"Loren A. Linden-Levy"
Date:
2011-07-17 00:06:03 UTC
Severity:
important
#333532#5
Date:
2005-10-12 12:43:48 UTC
From:
To:
In /etc/cron.d/john the environment variable JOHN_OPTIONS is commented
out but mentioned. When I uncomment this and add the option
-user:-<user> where <user> is a user on my system john does not start
via the cron mechanism. I have looked at the script
/usr/share/john/cronjob and am a bit stumped why this happens.
#333532#10
Date:
2008-04-26 17:11:58 UTC
From:
To:
Hi,
sorry for the *REALLY* late reply, but I'm the maintainer of john since Apr 23.

Please, note that the command-line option is "-users:[-]LOGIN|UID[,...]". Note
that "s" at the end of "users".

Please let me know, as this might be an important bug which should be fixed.

However, I've uploaded a newer version to Debian/unstable, 1.7.2-1. Please try
that, if you still experience that bug after correcting the typo.

Kindly,
David