hashcat @6.2.5_0: does not create profile dir, '.local/share/hashcat/... No such file or directory'

[JDLH (Jim DeLaHunt)]

Hashcat appears to use a session directory, ~/.local/share/hashcat/, to store information on particular sessions when it runs. It issues an error message when the directory is not available. It appears not to create the directory. MacPorts appears not to create this directory either.

To reproduce:

1. Make sure there is no session directory: % rmdir ~/.local/share/hashcat/
2. Install hashcat: % sudo port install hashcat
3. Run hashcat, asking for its built-in documentation: % hashcat --help

Observed behaviour:

% hashcat --help | pbcopy
/Users/myuser/.local/share/hashcat/sessions/usage.pid: No such file or directory

/Users/myuser/.local/share/hashcat: No such file or directory

% ls -ld ~/.local ~/.local/share ~/.local/share/hashcat
ls: /Users/myuser/.local/share/hashcat: No such file or directory
drwx------  3 myuser  staff   96  6 May  2022 /Users/myuser/.local
drwx------  7 myuser  staff  224 17 Sep 01:31 /Users/myuser/.local/share

Expected behaviour: hashcat runs without an error message.

Discussion: I am not sure if hashcat creates its session directory itself when run on Windows or Linux. I do not see information about manually creating a profile directory in the ​Hashcat project's installation FAQ. Nor do I see information about hashcat creating the directory itself.

A successful workaround for me was to create the directory myself: % mkdir -p "~/.local/share/hashcat/". Having done that, the error messages no longer appeared, and I had the expected behaviour.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

MacPorts ports won't create anything in your home directory. If you expect hashcat to do so, file a bug report / enhancement request with its developer.