Linux - How to crack rar 7z zip file password, Crack rar 7z zip file password in Linux

How to crack rar 7z zip file password

If you forget your password for compressed archive (rar, 7z, zip), RarCrack is the solution. RarCrack uses a brute-force algorithm to find correct password. You can specify which characters will be used in password generations.

Preparing your system for installation

Install the following package

# aptitude install libxml2-dev build-essential

Download the latest version of rarcrack from here

# wget http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rarcrack/rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

Extract the tarball file

  # tar xvjf rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

  # cd rarcrack-0.2

  # make

  # make install

Using Rarcrack

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

Example with a rar-file, 7z-file, and zip-file

  # rarcrack password_protected.rar
  # rarcrack password_protected.7z
  # rarcrack password_protected.zip

This will help you to crack the rar password using brute force attack.

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