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| author |   Roberto Metere <roberto@metere.it> | 2012-05-29 19:12:22 -0400 |
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| committer |   Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org> | 2012-06-03 15:21:11 -0500 |
| commit | 03267849a134325d1af141dd67ac576072619723 (patch) | |
| tree | d1940e03bdc71b081bc264cdbed80abc04262011 /misc/chntpw/README | |
| parent | e0b5c42ffc7016d70d3017a1f4681f26260a7c28 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-03267849a134325d1af141dd67ac576072619723.tar.gz slackbuilds-03267849a134325d1af141dd67ac576072619723.tar.xz | |
misc/chntpw: Added (Change NT Passwords)
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/misc/chntpw/README b/misc/chntpw/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..fe931a23ef --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/chntpw/README @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +chntpw allows you to view some information and change user passwords +in a Windows (NT/XP/Vista/win7) etc SAM userdatabase file. You do +not need to know the old passwords. However, you need to get at the +file some way or another yourself. In addition it contains a simple +registry editor with full write support, and hex-editor which +enables you to fiddle around with bits&bytes in the file as you +wish yourself. + +There are 3 main executables +- "ntreg" (the registry library) +- "chntpw" (the password reset / registry editor frontend) +- "reged" (registry editor /export tool) + +Quickstart example, where /dev/sda1 (or whatever partition Windows +has been installed in) is mounted to /mnt/windows: + chntpw -i /mnt/windows/Windows/System32/config/SAM +The previous line should open a shell-driven menu. |