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Re: Format of SAM File

From: Jeffrey Walton (noloadergmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 09 2009 - 15:11:02 CDT

> Looking for a reference that describes the format of the
> windows SAM file.
I believe OphCrack has source available over at SourceForge.

Jeff

On 7/9/09, Hernandez IV, Miguel <miguelherutep.edu> wrote:
> All,
>
> Looking for a reference that describes the format of the windows SAM
> file. From what I can tell, the first column is the username and third
> column is the password hash, but I want to know what information is
> contained in the other columns. Google searches on "format windows SAM
> file", "understand windows SAM file", and other related searches have
> proved frustrating. I should mention that the SAM file was obtained
> using pwdump6 in case that is relevant. The format I am seeing is as
> follows:
>
> Username:number:password hash:another hash?:blank:blank:blank
>
> Any help is much appreciated.
>
> Miguel
>

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