Re: Read access to all keys in /proc/registry

[William S Fulton <wf at fultondesigns dot co dot uk>]

Chris January wrote:
> > find /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/
> >
> > does not go down the /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE 
> > directory(key)
> > because there is no read access for people outside of the SYSTEM group:
> >
> > $ ls -la /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/
> > total 0
> > dr-xr-xr--    5 Administ SYSTEM          0 Jul 10 08:50 .
> > dr-xr-xr-x    9 0        0               0 Jul 10 13:03 ..
> > dr-xr-xr--    4 Administ SYSTEM          0 Jul 10 08:50 HARDWARE
> > dr-xr-xr--    1 Administ SYSTEM          0 Mar 15  2001 SAM
> > dr-xr-xr-x    1 0        0               0 Jul 10 13:03 SECURITY
> > dr-xr-x---   65 Administ SYSTEM          0 Mar 15  2001 SOFTWARE
> > dr-xr-x---    6 Administ SYSTEM          0 Mar 15  2001 SYSTEM
> >
> > The SYSTEM group is not a normal Windows group, so how can I add 
> > myself to the 
> > SYSTEM group (Cygwin doesn't provide the usual Linux group commands e.g. 
> > usermod, newgrp). Otherwise, how can I modify the permissions for 
> > read access to 
> > others so that the find command goes down the SOFTWARE directory?
>
> 1. Can you access the key using ls?
> 2. Can you access the key in regedit?
> 3. Are you running as an Administrator?
Yes to all three, I've just doubled checked. In fact a

  find /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE

will traverse down the SOFTWARE 'directory', but a

  find /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

won't.

William


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