home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- Installing John the Ripper
- ============================
-
- Compiling the Sources
- -----------------------
-
- Compile the sources with:
-
- cd src
- make
-
- You'll get a list of supported systems. Select one of them, and type:
-
- make SYSTEM
-
- or, if your system is not listed, try:
-
- make generic
-
- If everything goes well, this will create the John binary in run/john.
-
- You can then copy the run directory anywhere you like: these are all the
- files that John needs at runtime.
-
- Installing from a Binary Distribution
- ---------------------------------------
-
- You might need to take run/{john.ini,*.chr,password.lst} from the source
- distribution for things to work, unless these files are present already.
-
- Note on Moving Binaries between Systems
- -----------------------------------------
-
- On some architectures, a few hardware performance parameters are detected
- at compile time -- in particular, this is done for SPARC and generic make
- targets. If you then move the binary to a different system, you might not
- get the best performance. It is better to re-compile John on each system,
- where possible.
-