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diff --git a/source4/lib/registry/README b/source4/lib/registry/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..757029cdc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/source4/lib/registry/README @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +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. + +The various registry backends provide support for loading/saving specific types +of hives: + - ldb + - w95 (USER.DAT-style files) + - nt4 (NTUSER.DAT-style files) + - gconf (GNOME configuration) + - rpc (Remote individual hives) + +Instead of opening individual hives, one can also open a 'complete' registry by +using one of these three functions: + + - reg_open_local() - load local registry, see below + - reg_open_remote() - connect to remote registry over RPC + - reg_open_wine() (not working yet) + +reg_open_local() loads a set of hives based on smb.conf settings. +Lines in smb.conf should have the following syntax: + +registry:<hivename> = <backend>:<location> + +So an example usage could be: + +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. |