"Jesse L" <cryptopyt...@gmail.com> wrote
I want to use a linux system to scan windows registries for a specific
key.
The basic requirement of reading a file on a Windows PC from
a Linux box is possible without much difficulty.
I know there is the _winreg module, but it's only available on a windows
system. Is there a module that will enable python to work cross
platform?
But you need a way to interpret that file and I'm not aware of any modules
for Linux that can do that. You best bet is probably to remotely run a
Windows command on the PC. But I'm not sure what command would
be best for that, I don't know of a command line registry scanner for
example.
It might be possible to do something with DCOM but I suspect you
would need a lot of configuration pre set on the Windows box to get it
to work - at least I really hope you need to do a lot of work otherwise
I'd be worried!
I assume you've already tried a Google search to see if somebody has
done it before?
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Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/
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