john --show doesn't print anything

[claudioandre-br]

As seen in openwall/john#4852

I have intalled John on my ubuntu 20 machine using snap, I have the following version:
John the Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 OMP [linux-gnu 64-bit x86_64 AVX2 AC]

I crack some passwords.
But now I want to use --show to see these passwords:

ask@Garsy:~/Notes/TA/AppliedInfoSec/PassCracking$ john --show passwords_md5.txt
0 password hashes cracked, 6826 left
And john claims that no passwords have been cracked. This seems strange.

I tried looking in the john.pot file, only to find out that there is none!

[claudioandre-br]

• the pot file is in the /home/YOURNAME/snap/john-the-ripper/current/.john folder. This is a rule for all snap packages.
• reasoning: sandboxing. There is no conflict between a snap execution and a normal (built from source) john execution.
• please try adding --format=Raw-MD5 along with --show.

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In fact, we advise people to install and use the bleeding package at these days. It contains a lot of fixes .

To do this using a snap package, do:

For a clean installation:

 sudo snap install --channel=edge john-the-ripper

If you already has JtR installed:

 sudo snap refresh --channel=edge john-the-ripper