Homebrew-core: john: fopen: /usr/local/share/john/john.conf: No such file or directory

[Phuker]

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What you were trying to do (and why)

Install john formula, and run it

What happened (include command output)

I run john command, and see this:

Command output

$ john

fopen: /usr/local/share/john/john.conf: No such file or directory

  

What you expected to happen

No error, and john runs like this:

$ john
John the Ripper password cracker, version 1.9.0
Copyright (c) 1996-2019 by Solar Designer

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew install commands)

Just run:

brew install john

It download a bottle and installed as normal. And then:

$ john
fopen: /usr/local/share/john/john.conf: No such file or directory

As i checked it, /usr/local/share/john not even exist. And this is how i fix it manually:

cd /usr/local/share
ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/john/1.9.0/libexec john
cd john
cp john.ini john.conf

and now it seem works.

My versions:

$ brew config
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 2.1.16
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: 3aa7624284c43180a3f3a71aeaa9263092868e12
Last commit: 3 weeks ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 992e817c65f5ab22df5d7f1eb08e38924eeafd9a
Core tap last commit: 62 minutes ago
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /usr/local
HOMEBREW_NO_BOTTLE_SOURCE_FALLBACK: 1
CPU: dodeca-core 64-bit kabylake
Homebrew Ruby: 2.6.3 => /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.3/bin/ruby
Clang: 10.0 build 1001
Git: 2.24.0 => /usr/local/bin/git
Curl: 7.54.0 => /usr/bin/curl
Java: 1.8.0_202
macOS: 10.14.6-x86_64
CLT: 10.3.0.0.1.1562985497
Xcode: N/A
CLT headers: 10.3.0.0.1.1562985497

Discussion before at discourse.brew.sh: https://discourse.brew.sh/t/john-fopen-usr-local-share-john-john-conf-no-such-file-or-directory-is-it-reproducible/6328

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[nicmilot]

I had the same problem and used the same fix as Phuker. Thanks a lot

Edit: On Mac, find that John-Jumbo works better for me

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[issyl0]

In progress in #49454.

[glensc]

I was about to report the same issue. The program should include caveats or made work out of the box.

➔ brew install john
==> Downloading https://homebrew.bintray.com/bottles/john-1.9.0.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
==> Downloading from https://akamai.bintray.com/77/775f6a757aa829e874edb00b184a6c8cff028506f971d5b220b36194feb0c6eb?__gda__=exp=1580901022~hmac=064cada43485ed7f5f
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> Pouring john-1.9.0.catalina.bottle.tar.gz
🍺  /usr/local/Cellar/john/1.9.0: 36 files, 19.6MB

➔ john
fopen: /usr/local/share/john/john.conf: No such file or directory
➔

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[coderanger]

A quick solution:

cp /usr/local/Cellar/john/1.9.0/libexec/john.ini ~/.john/john.conf

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[MicrosoftAxel]

Still the same problem. Fixed worked