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HOW CAN i GET THE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD? Je-Givara 11-20-2006
Posted by Je-Givara on November 20, 2006, 7:43 am
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Sorry, could anyone tell my how the process to get the password of the
administrator

when you are the USER permission have to access to the Network

So my qustion could we get the password of the Admin which we access as

a User?

and if so, please tell how?


Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on November 20, 2006, 10:32 am
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 Usually one asks someone that can give it to you.
The password is not stored on the system, so the system
cannot be made to give it to you. The best you might be
able to do is to set the password to a known value, but
even that depends on what the system is.

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Roger
>
> Sorry, could anyone tell my how the process to get the password of the
> administrator
>
> when you are the USER permission have to access to the Network
>
> So my qustion could we get the password of the Admin which we access as
>
> a User?
>
> and if so, please tell how?
>



Posted by Karl Levinson, mvp on November 20, 2006, 11:34 am
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>
> Sorry, could anyone tell my how the process to get the password of the
> administrator
>
> when you are the USER permission have to access to the Network
>
> So my qustion could we get the password of the Admin which we access as
>
> a User?
>
> and if so, please tell how?

Which administrator? Local administrator on your workstation? On a remote
system? Domain Administrator?

The typical way of learning what the admin password is requires you to first
hack either admin or system-equivalent privileges on the target machine (or
have physical access to be able to reboot the system with a special boot
disk), then use a tool to extract and brute force crack the SAM.

It is also possible to use a password cracking tool that allows you to sniff
network traffic and hope that you can observe the process of the
administrator logging in across the network, then brute force guess the
hashed password. But being able to install a sniffer again usually involves
having the ability to log in as administrator, or boot with a special boot
disk, or plug in a new system under your control onto the network.

It is easier to reset the admin password, than to learn what the current
password is.

Where and why exactly are you looking to get the admin password? I assume
you have a legitimate reason for doing so?


--
kind regards,
Karl Levinson, MS MVP
Security FAQ site:
http://securityadmin.info




Posted by Je-Givara on November 21, 2006, 11:25 am
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> Which administrator? Local administrator on your workstation? On a remote
> system? Domain Administrator?
>
> The typical way of learning what the admin password is requires you to first
> hack either admin or system-equivalent privileges on the target machine (or
> have physical access to be able to reboot the system with a special boot
> disk), then use a tool to extract and brute force crack the SAM.
>
> It is also possible to use a password cracking tool that allows you to sniff
> network traffic and hope that you can observe the process of the
> administrator logging in across the network, then brute force guess the
> hashed password. But being able to install a sniffer again usually involves
> having the ability to log in as administrator, or boot with a special boot
> disk, or plug in a new system under your control onto the network.
>
> It is easier to reset the admin password, than to learn what the current
> password is.
>
> Where and why exactly are you looking to get the admin password? I assume
> you have a legitimate reason for doing so?

Its Local Administrator,
i have a privet local network, so i have my PC which is Admin and 16
computers which i
create a User with special permission to access their Desktop.

so, i just wanted to use their PC which i logged as a User and learn
to get Admin password
on that PC, or if it easier to reset the Admin paasword
so, tell me which one is possible and what is the procedures ?

thanks for your help!


Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on November 22, 2006, 12:10 am
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Well, as it is not the AD accounts involved here . . .
I just used the following in a Google search
set windows administrator password

>
>> Which administrator? Local administrator on your workstation? On a
>> remote
>> system? Domain Administrator?
>>
>> The typical way of learning what the admin password is requires you to
>> first
>> hack either admin or system-equivalent privileges on the target machine
>> (or
>> have physical access to be able to reboot the system with a special boot
>> disk), then use a tool to extract and brute force crack the SAM.
>>
>> It is also possible to use a password cracking tool that allows you to
>> sniff
>> network traffic and hope that you can observe the process of the
>> administrator logging in across the network, then brute force guess the
>> hashed password. But being able to install a sniffer again usually
>> involves
>> having the ability to log in as administrator, or boot with a special
>> boot
>> disk, or plug in a new system under your control onto the network.
>>
>> It is easier to reset the admin password, than to learn what the current
>> password is.
>>
>> Where and why exactly are you looking to get the admin password? I
>> assume
>> you have a legitimate reason for doing so?
>
> Its Local Administrator,
> i have a privet local network, so i have my PC which is Admin and 16
> computers which i
> create a User with special permission to access their Desktop.
>
> so, i just wanted to use their PC which i logged as a User and learn
> to get Admin password
> on that PC, or if it easier to reset the Admin paasword
> so, tell me which one is possible and what is the procedures ?
>
> thanks for your help!
>



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