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From: "Gerald Villemure" <GVillemure AT ik DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: /dev/registry
Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:21:05 +0100
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> /proc/registry/*
>
> is a GREAT idea!

> (*) P.S. "back then" somebody mentioned a few problems with file-system
> access to registry entries:  how do you deal with the various types --
> DWORD, BINARY, STRING, (and the other types that AREN'T accessible
> via regedit...)

Why not use a file name extention (vary microsoft like thing to do)

First lets use standard Root key Name Abbreviations
HKEY_CURRENT_USER        HKCU
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE    HKLM
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT        HKCR
HKEY_USERS                         HKEY_USERS
HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG  HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

As for value data types, we could use:
REG_SZ                     .sz
REG_DWORD          .dword
REG_BINARY          .binary
REG_EXPAND_SZ  .expand
REG_MULTI_SZ      .mutli

So this:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"WinVNC"="data goes here"

would become:
/proc/registry/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Run/WinVNC.sz

Good or bad idea?

One more things to be carefull of, is the use of roming profiles.... HKCU
can change.

Gerald


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