What exactly is secedit.sdb

From: Daniel Billingsley (dbillingsley_at_NO.durcon.SPAAMM.com)
Date: 04/29/03

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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 10:02:20 -0400

I understand c:\winnt\security\database\secedit.sdb is crucial to lots of
security settings, but I can't find anywhere in the doc or technet that
explains what exactly it is.

Is it just the database that stores the local group policy?

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