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#20993 - 2002-05-01 05:07 PM Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
Rocco Capra Offline
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I did a search and could not find an answer to my problem. Can anyone tell me if the HKEY_CURRENT_USER regkey can be edited remotely (NT environment)?

code:
$FL = "test2.txt"
$RC = Open(1,$FL)
$COMP = ReadLine(1)
$RC = DelValue ($COMP + "\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run","AIM")
The @serror I get is, in short, File not found.

Thanks,
Rocco
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#20994 - 2002-05-01 05:12 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
BrianTX Offline
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I believe it's possible. You might try looking into regini.exe in the ntreskit..

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#20995 - 2002-05-01 05:14 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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On second thought.. the REG.exe might be what you want... just depends what you want to do.

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#20996 - 2002-05-01 05:46 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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You cannot hack HKCU remotely. It is smoke-and-mirrors. Spark up Regedit and connect to another computer. WYSIWYG.
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#20997 - 2002-05-01 05:59 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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You're right.. I tried using reg.exe and it tells me the only things you can edit are HKLM or HKU. Same thing with regedit.

There may be a way around it.. like some sort of registry export, copy, import.

Brian
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#20998 - 2002-05-01 06:04 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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If you get the user's SID, you can go through HKU\@SID...
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#20999 - 2002-05-02 06:07 AM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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Just did this yesterday, took a while but we got there. [Big Grin]
As long as you know the user ID then you can use psgetsid.exe to evaluate the SID and as already mentioned put it in:
$rc = WriteValue("\\$machine\HKEY_USERS\$userSid\Software\.."
You'll have to parse the output from psgetsid.exe to get just the SID but it's pretty straight forward.

Mike

[ 02 May 2002, 06:09: Message edited by: mcmunt ]
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#21000 - 2002-05-02 02:29 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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Thanks Mike I'll take a lok at that.

Rocco
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#21001 - 2002-05-02 03:26 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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Hmmm... I think maybe the SID could be had without a third party util... maybe with ADSI?

Has anyone pulled a user SID with ADSI? If so is it in the same format as the SID in the reg under HKU?

Thought I'd ask before I start tearing through the protperties and methods...

{edit}
Moved this question to the COM forum
Get SID

[ 02 May 2002, 20:01: Message edited by: LLigetfa ]
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#21002 - 2002-05-04 04:34 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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I put together GetSID() - Returns SID and converts it to string format so that you won't have to use a third party util and parse through what it returns.

You will, of course, have to use KiX 4 and have ADSI. You do not however, have to be using AD.
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#21003 - 2002-05-13 03:55 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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another "?"...

Is it possible to edit the HKEY_CURRENT_USER key at login with the login script?

This would be simpler for me.
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#21004 - 2002-05-13 04:01 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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I've made changes in the HKCU key during logon. Seems to work. The user shouldn't even need admin rights on the box to make changes to it.
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#21005 - 2002-05-13 04:03 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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See the FAQ: http://81.17.37.55/board/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=10;t=000043 and especially the ScriptLogic TekNote article
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#21006 - 2002-05-13 05:01 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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As Jens mentioned, The TekNote explains the sequence. Provided you stay within the constraints and perms aren't in your way, then it is possible. Be advised that policies may still override what you hack in the reg. RunOnce may be your friend.
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#21007 - 2002-05-13 05:29 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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Thanks to all...

I will be sure to read the tech note!!

Time for testing...
I may be back with "?'s" as testing developes.

Again, Thanks,
Rocco
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#21008 - 2002-05-13 06:21 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
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In the unlikely event the user is not logged on, you can do a load hive under HKEY_USERS and select the "\\computer\c$\documents and settings\user\ntuser.dat".

This allows you to edit the users HKEY_CURRENT_USER but like I said it's only possible if the user is logged off.
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#21009 - 2002-05-16 08:58 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
Beelzel Offline
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There is a more than excellent program out there ... RegBatch - created by bulentozkir@hotmail ... it allows me to pound out reg changes to my 600+ users ... including current user settings (screen savers et al)

If you want more info just ask ... beelzel@lycos.com regbatch download
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#21010 - 2002-05-17 02:07 PM Re: Hacking...er...Editing - HKEY_CURRENT_USER (remotely)...
Rocco Capra Offline
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Beelzel,

That download link don't work.

I found it here though...

http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=regbatch&tg=dl-2001&search=+Go%21+

Rocco

[ 17 May 2002, 14:39: Message edited by: Rocco Capra ]
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