Re: security Templates

From: Steve Garwood (steve.garwood_at_immedient.com)
Date: 05/15/03


Date: 15 May 2003 06:04:40 -0700


I have been looking into secedit as well. However, on my box (XP,
SP1, up-to-date hotfixes), GenerateRollback just brings up the secedit
help.

Does GenerateRollback work on anyone else's XP SP1 box?

Steve

"Nick Finco [MSFT]" <nfinco@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<umHzCbYFDHA.3272@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl>...
> That's odd. I just checked a XP box and the Export policy was missing for
> me too. Sorry about the confusion.
>
> That means the only way to export local policy on XP is to create a security
> template that defines every setting you are interested in (using the
> Security Templates mmc snapin). Then use secedit /generaterollback to dump
> the machine settings into a security template. You can retrieve most of the
> settings by running 'secedit /generaterollback /cfg
> "%windir%\security\templates\setup security.inf" /rbk CurSettings.inf'.
>
> N
>
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> "Marek" <marekzale@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:053e01c31506$48e37880$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > Thanks Nick,
> > However, I don't have an option to Export... I have an
> > option to Export List, but I don't believe that it's the
> > same thing... It seems that there is something alse to
> > it...
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >That only works for Win2k. On WinXP, the local policy
> store is empty so the
> > >security template exported that way is also empty.
> That's why the analysis
> > >results turn up empty. Enter the Local Security
> Settings snapin (secpol.msc
> > >at the command line), right click on Security Settings,
> and choose Export.
> > >The security template generated from there will be what
> you are looking for.
> > >
> > >N
> > >
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> > >
> > >"Peter Clark" <clark@hushmail.com> wrote in message
> > >news:07b301c3142a$31a896a0$2f01280a@phx.gbl...
> > >> start -> run -> cmd
> > >> c:\>secedit /export /cfg c:\foo.inf
> > >>
> > >> this will export an imported template only + plus it
> will
> > >> only export certain areas of the security policy, ie
> > >> efs/software restrictions and ipsec are not included.
> how
> > >> have you setup your security settings? via template
> > >> creation or configuring the machine directly?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> >-----Original Message-----
> > >> >Please help with Security Templates... How can I
> export
> > >> >current Local Security Settings to a file so that I
> can
> > >> >use it to configure other PCs on the net???
> > >> >Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >



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