If you have user:pass lines (e.g., from john --format=nsplit), use:
hydra -C combos.txt 192.168.1.100 smb
Here -C treats colon‑separated pairs.
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If you want to graduate from a novice to a professional, you need to modify how Hydra uses your passlist.txt. passlist txt hydra
A: Check for hidden Unicode characters or spaces. Use cat -A passlist.txt in Linux. If you see password$ it's fine. If you see password ^M$ (carriage return), fix it with dos2unix passlist.txt. If you have user:pass lines (e
hydra -L dbusers.txt -P passlist.txt mysql://192.168.1.50