[codyb]

Hi all,

I recently relocated schools, and my new school has some sort of weird set-up that I cant seem to figure out. It seems to me like booting up from LAN, but I don't think that is how it is.
So here is some info:

1. There are computers all over the school, Desktops and Laptops, and they all run Windows 7.
2. You can login to your own personal account from any of those computers, but the files (Desktop, Documents, pictures, etc..) are not synched, the only thing that is synched is a 'personal drive' that you can access when you login to a PC using your credentials. The teachers can access any students personal drive but not vice versa.
3. I tried booting up a computer from a linux distro, and I copied the SAM file (not with malicious intentions, seriously) and used some software to check the usernames in it, and I was surprised that there was only the default Administrator, and the Guest account, even though if you navigated (on their PC) to the C:/Users folder, you would see that there were files for all the students/teachers who logged in.
4. Furthermore you cant access any "Personal" or any of the shared drives while in the linux distro

I know that what I'm doing sounds malicious, I swear it inst, I'm just terribly curious.

Thanks in advance :-)

[codyb]

Hi all,

I recently relocated schools, and my new school has some sort of weird set-up that I cant seem to figure out. It seems to me like booting up from LAN, but I don't think that is how it is.
So here is some info:

1. There are computers all over the school, Desktops and Laptops, and they all run Windows 7.
2. You can login to your own personal account from any of those computers, but the files (Desktop, Documents, pictures, etc..) are not synched, the only thing that is synched is a 'personal drive' that you can access when you login to a PC using your credentials. The teachers can access any students personal drive but not vice versa.
3. I tried booting up a computer from a linux distro, and I copied the SAM file (not with malicious intentions, seriously) and used some software to check the usernames in it, and I was surprised that there was only the default Administrator, and the Guest account, even though if you navigated (on their PC) to the C:/Users folder, you would see that there were files for all the students/teachers who logged in.
4. Furthermore you cant access any "Personal" or any of the shared drives while in the linux distro

I know that what I'm doing sounds malicious, I swear it inst, I'm just terribly curious.

Thanks in advance :-)

[codyb]

Hi all,

I recently relocated schools, and my new school has some sort of weird set-up that I cant seem to figure out. It seems to me like booting up from LAN, but I don't think that is how it is.
So here is some info:

1. There are computers all over the school, Desktops and Laptops, and they all run Windows 7.
2. You can login to your own personal account from any of those computers, but the files (Desktop, Documents, pictures, etc..) are not synched, the only thing that is synched is a 'personal drive' that you can access when you login to a PC using your credentials. The teachers can access any students personal drive but not vice versa.
3. I tried booting up a computer from a linux distro, and I copied the SAM file (not with malicious intentions, seriously) and used some software to check the usernames in it, and I was surprised that there was only the default Administrator, and the Guest account, even though if you navigated (on their PC) to the C:/Users folder, you would see that there were files for all the students/teachers who logged in.
4. Furthermore you cant access any "Personal" or any of the shared drives while in the linux distro

I know that what I'm doing sounds malicious, I swear it inst, I'm just terribly curious.

Thanks in advance :-)

[The Real Slim Shady]

Its likely a microsoft active directory controlled network.

There will be a domain controller somewhere that actually authenticates you and sets your access level on the device - its not done locally on the machine.

[The Real Slim Shady]

Its likely a microsoft active directory controlled network.

There will be a domain controller somewhere that actually authenticates you and sets your access level on the device - its not done locally on the machine.

[The Real Slim Shady]

Its likely a microsoft active directory controlled network.

There will be a domain controller somewhere that actually authenticates you and sets your access level on the device - its not done locally on the machine.

[codyb]

Thanks, I think thats one, Ill go check at the nearest opportunity.

[codyb]

Thanks, I think thats one, Ill go check at the nearest opportunity.

[codyb]

Thanks, I think thats one, Ill go check at the nearest opportunity.

[DaPaus]

It's the same set-up as my school uses. The reason you don't find anything in the sam file is because you log in on the network not the computer itself.
You can't access the shared drives because the connection is made in windows trough a script (probably batch) and when you boot linux it doesn't execute the script.