REGSHELL
Section: System Administration tools (1)
Updated: 04/07/2021
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NAME
regshell - Windows registry file browser using readline
SYNOPSIS
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regshell [--help] [--backend=BACKEND] [--credentials=CREDENTIALS] [location]
DESCRIPTION
regshell is a utility that lets you browse thru a Windows registry file as if you were using a regular unix shell to browse thru a file system.
OPTIONS
--help
-
Show list of available options.
--backend BACKEND
-
Name of backend to load. Possible values are: creg, regf, dir and rpc. The default is
dir.
--credentials=CREDENTIALS
-
Credentials to use, if any. Password should be separated from user name by a percent sign.
COMMANDS
ck|cd <keyname>
-
Go to the specified subkey.
ch|predef [predefined-key-name]
-
Go to the specified predefined key.
list|ls
-
List subkeys and values of the current key.
mkkey|mkdir <keyname>
-
Create a key with the specified
keyname
as a subkey of the current key.
rmval|rm <valname>
-
Delete the specified value.
rmkey|rmdir <keyname>
-
Delete the specified subkey recursively.
pwd|pwk
-
Print the full name of the current key.
set|update
-
Update the value of a key value. Not implemented at the moment.
help|?
-
Print a list of available commands.
exit|quit
-
Leave regshell.
EXAMPLES
Browsing thru a nt4 registry file
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regshell -b nt4 NTUSER.DAT
$$$PROTO.HIV> ls
K AppEvents
K Console
K Control Panel
K Environment
K Identities
K Keyboard Layout
K Network
K Printers
K Software
K UNICODE Program Groups
K Windows 3.1 Migration Status
$$$PROTO.HIV> exit
Listing the subkeys of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents on a remote computer:
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regshell --remote=ncacn_np:aurelia -c "jelmer%secret"
HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE> predef HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_CURRENT_USER> cd AppEvents
Current path is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents> ls
K EventLabels
K Schemes
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents> exit
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.
SEE ALSO
regtree, regdiff, regpatch, gregedit, samba
AUTHOR
This utility is part of the
m[blue]Sambam[][1]
suite, which is developed by the global
m[blue]Samba Teamm[][2].
This manpage and regshell were written by Jelmer Vernooij.
NOTES
- 1.
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Samba
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http://www.samba.org/
- 2.
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Samba Team
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http://www.samba.org/samba/team/