RE: Format of SAM File

[Anthony Miracle <ronin7 () calima7 net>]

Hey Miguel,

Looks like http://www.tech-faq.com/windows-password-file.shtml has a
decent explanation of the pwdump output. For future reference, I found
this through Googling "pwdump output".

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Anthony Miracle
GCIH

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On Behalf Of Hernandez IV, Miguel
Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 3:40 PM
To: pen-test () securityfocus com
Subject: Format of SAM File

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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