Ensure Wifite has permission to read the file. Since you usually run Wifite with sudo , this is rarely the issue, but the file itself must exist and be accessible.
Wifite is an automated wireless attack tool that simplifies the usage of complex suites like Aircrack-ng, Reaver, and Hashcat. When Wifite captures a WPA/WPA2 handshake (the encrypted "lock" of the network), it immediately attempts to "pick" that lock using a dictionary attack. How To Change Wordlist In Wifite
If Wifite fails to use your wordlist for some reason, you can capture the handshake and then manually crack it: Ensure Wifite has permission to read the file
On fresh Kali installs, rockyou.txt.gz is compressed. Run gunzip /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt.gz before using it. When Wifite captures a WPA/WPA2 handshake (the encrypted
Forces Wifite to only target WPA networks, which usually require the wordlist. For more advanced automation, you can check the Wifite2 GitHub repository