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John the Ripper

Session locked

C Cracking Low

🔴 Error Message

Session file locked by another process

📖 What This Means

Previous session did not exit cleanly.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Remove session: rm ~/.john/john.rec
  2. New session: john --session=new hashes.txt
  3. Restore: john --restore

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