>>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LL> have been reading about a reported flaw in winxp password
LL> feature. basically, according to reports, boot from a win2k
LL> cd, enter the recovery console, and voila! the whole hard disk
LL> of winxp, including user accounts and user data is naked and
LL> wide-open, like adam&eve without the gravity-defying fig
LL> leaves.
LL> so the question: can a similar access be granted if i chose to
LL> boot up from a knoppix or a gnulinux recovery disk, such as
LL> from redhat or other distros?
LL> anybody tried this? this would be quite interesting. and i do
LL> need to know this urgently. your responses welcome.
There was a Linux boot diskette that permitted you to change passwords
in the NT registry. Don't know if it works on XP.
Google and thou shalt be enlightened.
-- Raju
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Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
It is the mind that moves
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