Hashcat Errors and Line Length Exception

Question

I have a hash i am trying to crack. I placed this hash as is inside a file called passwordhash.hash

*27D47D48F5C4982E785A7BB31D471DF945395AAD

I run this command:

hashcat -m 300 -a ~/Documents/passwordhash.hash ~/Documents/rockyou.txt

I get line length exception on each password in the dictionary like so:

WARNING: Hashfile 'rockyou.txt' on line 178975 (tillman1): Line-length exception
WARNING: Hashfile 'rockyou.txt' on line 178976 (tikka): Line-length exception
WARNING: Hashfile 'rockyou.txt' on line 178977 (tiki): Line-length exception

I ran the hash using john and hash-identifier, they both identify the hash to be mysql.

Possible Hashs:
[+]  MySQL 160bit - SHA-1(SHA-1($pass

Loaded 1 password hash (mysql-sha1, MySQL 4.1+ [SHA1 128/128 AVX 4x])

What am i doing wrong here? i read elsewhere the Line-length exception has something to do with the mode.

After adding -a 0 i get

ERROR: clGetDeviceIDs() : - 1 : CL_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND

Answer 1

You're missing a number after the -a to specify the attack mode. Maybe that's the problem? Instead it should be:

hashcat -m 300 -a 0 ~/Documents/passwordhash.hash ~/Documents/rockyou.txt

This page from the FAQ might also be helpful. It addresses other common line-length error causes.