User Password & Profile

[Louie77]

Hello all, I have a question.

Does anyone know the name of a file that all the user & and password are saved under?

I know that the password is ency but not the user name.

I need the location for both nt and 2000 pro.

Thank you

Louie

 

[EonSpeed]

I think its supposed to be in the SAM file.
But if you want a list of all the users on the machine jsut open windows explorer and go to c:\documents and settings

It will show you the user names of all the accounts on the machine.

 

[wolluf]

Yes - the SAM file holds user/password database in both NT & 2k (& XP). Normally here in NT & 2k - \WINNT\system32\config\SAM.

If you want a list of users, try running net user from a command prompt or run lusrmgr.msc.

 

[Louie77]

Thank you both for the help... Let say that I connect from a different machine, how can I copy that file to other computer.

The reason I'm trying to figure this out is for security reason plus I want to see how the file look like.

Thank you

 

[wolluf]

You mean you want to copy the SAM file to another machine? (why - it won't be any use on another machine). You'd have to do this from outside 2k (file can't be copied while 2k is running) - eg, using recovery console to copy it to another location on the hard drive - then copying the copy when you reboot into windows.