Ever get a file that some douche bag password protected?

Fear not my fellow linux family! You can crack password protected rar files very easily in linux. Rarcrack uses brute force algorithm to find correct password. You can specify which characters will be used in password generations.

In this tutorial we will walk you through installing Rarcrack and cracking a password protected RAR archive.



1) Download Rarcrack

$ wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rarcrack/rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

2) Extract Rarcrack

$ tar xvjf rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

3) Compile Rarcrack

$ make

4) Install Rarcrack

$ sudo make install

5) Crack a Rar Archive

$ rarcrack your_encrypted_archive.ext [--threads thread_num] [--type rar|zip|7z]

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