[Novalug] Best Windows password reset Linux utility (dual-boot system)?

Greg F gregfaust@gmail.com
Tue May 11 10:43:34 EDT 2010


This is all you need then, make sure you never run it on a domain
controller:

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
-Greg F-

I have used it many, many times.
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith@ieee.org> wrote:

> There's no way to just set a new password for a user?
> I don't have any EFS or anything else for the user.
> Is it no longer as simple as changing the hash in the SAM?
>
> --
> Bryan J  Smith             Professional, Technical Annoyance
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> From: Greg F <gregfaust@gmail.com>
>
> Brent,
> NT6 is much more difficult than NT5 because LM hashes are disabled by
> default.  I can give you a copy of the Hak5 NTLM Community Rainbow tables
> that will work with rcrack and/or cain.  Last time I checked the Hak5
> torrent was no good but I generated the tables for myself as part of a
> "burn-in" test on some new servers (took a week on 160 cores).  The tables
> are about 300GB compressed so you would need an external hard drive to get a
> copy.  The NTLM rainbow tables will crack any password up to 7 characters.
>  If you're password was longer than that you'll need another tool, or you
> need to limit your character set, or use a GPU, or...
>
> http://www.hak5.org/w/index.php/Community_Rainbow_Tables
>
> One more thing, this could be an excuse to get a new Nvidia "fermi"
> graphics card and use something like cuda multiforcer along with pwdump.
>
> Check out the backtrack linux forums if you need more info... there is a
> wealth of knowledge related to passwords, pentesting, etc.
> -Greg F-
>
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