john-users - Re: running in the background and on SMP

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Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 13:05:18 +0000 (UTC)
From:  Dan <test@...elps.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject:  Re: running in the background and on SMP

Dexter Genius <dexter@...> writes:

> 
> So .. the answer is kinda "no" to both of them .. john can't auto-put itself
> in a background and stay there even if the ssh/terminal session is closed
> ... and it can't use the full power of a dual dual-core machine .. or HT or
> any other type .. hmm .. this would be useful in john ! ( both of the
> 'features' ) ..
> 

SMP would be very useful.

As for running in the background, you have a number of options. You can 
use "nohup" to start it up. Such as this:

nohup ./john pwfile &

This will start it in the background (just hit enter to get your prompt back), 
and it will not terminate when you log out.

Use ps to find that it's running, such as "ps -aef | grep john".

Hope this helps.

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