REGSHELL(1) System Administration tools REGSHELL(1)

regshell - Windows registry file browser using readline

regshell [--help] [--backend=BACKEND] [--credentials=CREDENTIALS] [location]

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.

--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.

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.

Browsing thru a nt4 registry file

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:

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

This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.

regtree, regdiff, regpatch, gregedit, samba

This utility is part of the Samba[1] suite, which is developed by the global Samba Team[2].

This manpage and regshell were written by Jelmer Vernooij.

1.
Samba
http://www.samba.org/
2.
Samba Team
http://www.samba.org/samba/team/
10/14/2024 Samba 4.0