The same on Linux Mint 14 (based on Ubuntu 12.10). I tried to solve with these commands:
"cd /usr/share/john sudo touch john.ini" and it seems to work -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1071718 Title: john outputs " fopen: john.ini: No such file or directory" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/john/+bug/1071718/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs