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bkhive


Information about the package, bkhive, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bkhive package is designed for, Dump the syskey bootkey from a Windows system hive.


Package Name:

bkhive

Summary:

Dump the syskey bootkey from a Windows system hive

Description:

This tool is designed to recover the syskey bootkey from a Windows NT/2K/XP system hive. Then we can decrypt the SAM file with the syskey and dump password hashes. Syskey is a Windows feature that adds an additional encryption layer to the password hashes stored in the SAM database.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.1.1

Release:

4.el6

Size:

18 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for bkhive


Control the bkhive package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install bkhive

This command will install bkhive on the server.

yum remove bkhive

This command will un-install bkhive on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bkhive, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove bkhive

This command will un-install bkhive on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove bkhive when using the -y flag.

yum update bkhive

This command will update bkhive to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bkhive, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update bkhive

This command will update bkhive to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove bkhive when using the -y flag.

yum info bkhive

This command will show you core information about the bkhive package.

yum deplist bkhive

This command will show you the dependencies for bkhive. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update bkhive

This command will check if there is an update waiting on bkhive. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.