[NMLUG] Linux to the rescue -- or not?

[jason at claim.md (Jason Davis)]

On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 12:58 -0600, Mike Kruchoski wrote:
> I'm faced with a dilemma that can be easily solved (I think) by using a 
> bootable Linux CD: gaining access to a Win2K machine as the local machine 
> administrator.  Quote:
> 
> "There are Linux boot disks that have DOS and NTFS filesystem drivers and 
> software that will read the registry and rewrite the password hashes for 
> any account including the Administrators. It is as simply as:
>     * shutdown or turnoff the PC
>     * put the book disk in the PC and reboot
>     * respond to the Linux prompts
>     * the highest barrier is understanding unix media descriptors
>     * select the account whose password hash needs to be rewritten & enter 
> a new password
>     * reboot & access using the new 
> password"                                         (End Quote)
> Does anyone know whether a similar approach will allow one to change a 
> user's PRIVILEGES (on the local machine), that is, to ADD a user to a group 
> like the "administrators", rather than to change the administrator's password?
> 
> No doubt there are third-party proprietary solutions that can do this in 
> the Windows environment.  The challenge is to be able to do it via Linux / 
> open-source solutions.
> 




this article describes a way to edit the reg from a linux bootable cd
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17002

 hth,
 jd








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