Providing users of this forum with appropriate and complete information in your initial post allows us to help you as quickly as possible.
This will save users from asking the same simple questions over and over. 


Not Providing adequate information will only increase the time it will take to solve the issue.

Long story short please give us the following information in your initial post:

• Current Server Version
  
• Current Client Version
  
• Hashcat Version
  
• Task command you are using eg. "#HL# wordlist.txt -r rulefile.rule"
  
• A detailed description of the problem you are experiencing
  
• Debug output from the client
  

Not respecting the rules can lead to instant ban or warnings, depending on the type of violation. The rules might be updated without explicitly notifying the user.

We are not a hacking site. Requests dealing with anything potentially illegal or questionable material will be dealt with accordingly.

• No double posting or unnecessary bumping.
  
• Do not post any personal details, always mask specific data (IPs, hashes, etc.).
  
• No hash cracking requests.
  
• No thread hijacking.
  
• Language is English, posts in other languages will be removed.
  
• Describe problems/questions appropriately and name your topic accordingly (also no caps lock texts).
  
• No advertising/selling/spam topics.
  
• No asking for leaks/hash lists.
  
• When having large text files (e.g. logs) don't put them in the text, use attachments instead.
  

Before you post a question, make sure you checked the following sources for information:

• Wiki on Github
  
• Issues on Github
  
• Changelog in case you are using an older version to make sure there was nothing changed regarding your question/issue.
  
• Frequent Problems to check if your issue is a common mistake or otherwise known one.