Getting machines passwords on a PDC

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton (lkcl@switchboard.net)
Wed, 1 Apr 1998 21:18:42 +0100 (BST)

Date:	Wed, 1 Apr 1998 21:18:42 +0100 (BST)
From:	Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@switchboard.net>
To:	Samba Technical List <samba-technical@samba.anu.edu.au>
Subject: Getting machines passwords on a PDC
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.980401212137.17967B-100000@kappa.utc.fr>

> I'm thinking replacing a )&$* NT4 PDC machine managing 40 workstations by
> a samba server. Before starting I took a look in the registry to find the
> domain SID (found) and the workstations passwords (not found)
>
> The domain SID alone is not useful without the wks passwords.
>
> If any of you have a solution, it can be added in the faq.

hm.

first, look for the SAM area of the registry. then, add
"read/write/change" permission for Administrator for all keys/subkeys of
this entry.

_then_ look for the workstations: you will find them listed in RID order,
along with the users.

luke