# Has any one completed the SYO-701 lab Password Cracking 1.3 Challenge Exercise? **URL:** \ **Category:** CompTIA Security+\ **Tags:** security-plus\ **Created:** [July 11, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.cybrary.it/t/has-any-one-completed-the-syo-701-lab-password-cracking-1-3-challenge-exercise/543732 "2025-07-11T18:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/user_avatar/forums.cybrary.it/icypossum5501/32/11_2.png) [@IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/u/IcyPossum5501)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.cybrary.it/t/has-any-one-completed-the-syo-701-lab-password-cracking-1-3-challenge-exercise/543732/1 "2025-07-11T18:29:28Z")
I am having trouble completing this lab on Password Cracking Challenge Exercise 1.3 since it seems to be the file is not correct or the instructions are not correct. I had followed the procedure as follows: 1. Recon: wget -O htpasswd.txt [http://psybrary.com/.htpasswd](http://psybrary.com/.htpasswd) 2. examine file: cat htpasswd.txt 3. the file shown the username: hash 4. idenfied the hash: hashid -m -e I had copied the hash only placed hereinstead of the \<\>. 5. created a custom wordlist: cewl -w custom.txt [http://psybrary.com/OurInspirations](http://psybrary.com/OurInspirations) 6. I had cat the custom.txt file and it was good. 7. prepare the Attack Wordlist with the best64.rule: hashcat --stdout -r /usr/share/hashcat/rules/best64.rule custom.txt | uniq -u \> new\_wordlist.txt 8.Cracking the password hash: hashcat -a 0 -m 1600 (this mode was selected since the hash had shown to be for an Apache MD5) htpasswd.txt new\_wordlist.txt 8. The process completed successfuly but couldnt crack the password hash. Has any one ran into this issue or is my procedure incorrect? ---
**Author:** ![JosephWhite](https://forums.cybrary.it/user_avatar/forums.cybrary.it/josephwhite/32/2407_2.png) [@JosephWhite](https://forums.cybrary.it/u/JosephWhite)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.cybrary.it/t/has-any-one-completed-the-syo-701-lab-password-cracking-1-3-challenge-exercise/543732/2 "2025-07-11T18:46:34Z")
![image](https://forums.cybrary.it/uploads/default/original/3X/8/f/8f75ce7f2822cd4547e95f764c3f96eed7bf6987.png) You went wrong at Step 5 in your list (cewl). You are aiming at the wrong page. ---
**Author:** ![IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/user_avatar/forums.cybrary.it/icypossum5501/32/11_2.png) [@IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/u/IcyPossum5501)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.cybrary.it/t/has-any-one-completed-the-syo-701-lab-password-cracking-1-3-challenge-exercise/543732/3 "2025-07-11T19:45:33Z")
> [@IcyPossum5501](#): > > I am having trouble completing this lab on Password Cracking Challenge Exercise 1.3 since it seems to be the file is not correct or the instructions are not correct. I had followed the procedure as follows: > > 1. Recon: wget -O htpasswd.txt [http://psybrary.com/.htpasswd](http://psybrary.com/.htpasswd) > 2. examine file: cat htpasswd.txt > 3. the file shown the username: hash > 4. idenfied the hash: hashid -m -e I had copied the hash only placed hereinstead of the \<\>. > 5. created a custom wordlist: cewl -w custom.txt [http://psybrary.com/OurInspirations](http://psybrary.com/OurInspirations) > 6. I had cat the custom.txt file and it was good. > 7. prepare the Attack Wordlist with the best64.rule: hashcat --stdout -r /usr/share/hashcat/rules/best64.rule custom.txt | uniq -u \> new\_wordlist.txt > 8.Cracking the password hash: hashcat -a 0 -m 1600 (this mode was selected since the hash had shown to be for an Apache MD5) htpasswd.txt new\_wordlist.txt > 8. The process completed successfuly but couldnt crack the password hash. > Has any one ran into this issue or is my procedure incorrect? Thank you, When its a dictionary how do I know what were the mask used ?.?.?.?. ---
**Author:** ![IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/user_avatar/forums.cybrary.it/icypossum5501/32/11_2.png) [@IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/u/IcyPossum5501)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.cybrary.it/t/has-any-one-completed-the-syo-701-lab-password-cracking-1-3-challenge-exercise/543732/4 "2025-07-11T20:17:27Z")
I figured it out on the mask. But you help on the actual solution I was having a problem with. Tank you JosephWhite ---
**Author:** ![IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/user_avatar/forums.cybrary.it/icypossum5501/32/11_2.png) [@IcyPossum5501](https://forums.cybrary.it/u/IcyPossum5501)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.cybrary.it/t/has-any-one-completed-the-syo-701-lab-password-cracking-1-3-challenge-exercise/543732/5 "2025-07-11T21:41:05Z")
thank you for your help.