AW: windows system policy editor

[Thorsten Lau]

The value is binary. There is no way using .adm-files to write binary =
values
to the registry, only strings and dwords are possible. Maybe it works, =
when
you modify the ntconfig.pol manually: Using regedt32 you can load
ntconfig.pol as a hive. If this doesn't work, you will have to set the
passwords by the login script.
=20
Regards,
Thorsten Lau.

-----Urspr=FCngliche Nachricht-----
Von: gabe "at" heartlandcu.org [mailto:gabe "at" heartlandcu.org]
Gesendet am: Dienstag, 7. September 1999 21:57
An: VNC (E-mail)
Betreff: windows system policy editor


Hi,
=20
I am trying to use Windows System Policy Editor to change VNC passwords =
for
all users.
=20
The Registry says that the value
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\password is a Binary value, =
though it
looks more like hexidecimal to me.  Anyway, I can create an ADM file =
that
references the value correctly, and I can use it to look and see what =
the
value is.  It does not give the password in plain text of course, but I =
can
look at the registry and confirm that it is correct.  However when I =
try to
change the value, it changes the binary value "Password" to a string =
value
and the next time I logon, there is no valid password enabled.  I =
assume
this is because I am using the EDITTEXT command in the ADM file, but =
I'm not
sure what else to use.  Is there a way to edit this value in system =
policy
editor?
=20
Here is the part of the ADM file that refers to VNC.
 =20
CATEGORY "VNC"
    KEYNAME "Software\ORL\WinVNC3"
        POLICY "Settings"
            PART "Password" EDITTEXT
            VALUENAME Password
            END PART
        END POLICY
END CATEGORY ; VNC
=20

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
=20
Gabe Westmaas


---------------------------------------------------------------------
The VNC mailing list - see http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/intouch.html
---------------------------------------------------------------------