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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source4/lib/registry/README b/source4/lib/registry/README index 757029cdc2..c91d361acd 100644 --- a/source4/lib/registry/README +++ b/source4/lib/registry/README @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ This is the registry library. The registry is basically a bunch of hives -(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, etc) that can be loaded from -different places. +that can be loaded from different places. The various registry backends provide support for loading/saving specific types of hives: @@ -28,3 +27,15 @@ registry:HKEY_CURRENT_USER = nt4:NTUSER.DAT registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = ldb:tdb://registry.tdb WERR_NOT_SUPPORTED will be returned for all hives that haven't been set. + +On Windows the various registry hives are loaded from: + +HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG: %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\System +HKEY_CURRENT_USER: %Profile%\NTUser.dat +HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM: %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\Sam +HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security: %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\Security +HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software: %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\Software +HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System: %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\System +HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT: %SystemRoot%\System32\Config\Default +HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE: is autogenerated + |