Re: Format of SAM File

[David Howe <DaveHowe.Pentest () googlemail com>]

Hernandez IV, Miguel 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

That looks right for pwdump.

the two hashes are from the LM (first 8 chars of password, in upper
case) and NT (full password, case sensitive) spaces respectively

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