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A step-by-step guide for university students to find a password file on a windows computer using dos commands. The exercise covers navigating the directory structure, moving up, down, and across, and viewing directory contents.
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If any of your force be killed or captured, thesecretary will disavowany knowledge of youractions...this tape willself destruct in 5seconds...Good Luck, Jim
Gathering information: Find the password file on aWindows box using DOS
Scenario
You have access to a Windows computer. You mustfind the password file on the computer.
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if you already know all this (you should),
but invariably, some students’ DOS skills haveweakened a bit, so we need this refresher. If youdon’t need it, take a break!
TheWindows directorystructure:
Directories (Folders)
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The Linux directorystructure: Note: TheKnoppix versionof Linux variessomewhat fromthis structure.
Password files
Navigating the directory structure You can move:
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Enter the following
(the
is the command prompt)
To move
down
the directory structure, you
cd
(change
directory) to a directory that is in your present directory^ > cd\
move to the top
of the structure (c:)
that’s a back
slash!
cd tools
move
down
to tools (it’s in c:)
promptsprompts
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promptsprompts
Continue…
(You’re in
c:\tools\john
To move
up
the directory structure, you
cd ..
cd ..
move up one level to tools
cd ..
move up one level to the top (C:)
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Continue…
(You’re in
c:\
To move
across
the directory structure, you must specify the entire
path to the destination, starting at the top^ > cd c:\windows\system32\config
move to config
those are
back
slashes!
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The (encrypted)
file contains the
hashed
users’
passwords.
-^
The
system
file “hides” the key used to encrypt the SAM file.
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Continue…
(You’re in
c:\windows\system32\config
cd c:\documents and settings
go
directly
from
config
to “documents and settings”
dir
view the users’ directories (user names may vary)
dir c:\tools\john
view a remote dir w/o going there
cd\
return to the top of the directory structure (c:)
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