[TriLUG] OT: Linux to fix W2k3

[Paul G. Szabady]

I have an issue I'm hoping some of you gurus might be able to help with 
and since it uses linux, it's only slightly off topic...I think.  ;)

I have friend with a w2k3 server that I need to be able to log into as 
admin, but we don't have the password.  I have tried some of the tools, 
such as "Offline NT Password & Reg Editor" 
(http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/), but they all mount the 
filesystem RO because it wasn't shutdown in a clean manner. 
Unfortunately, the only account on the server is the admin account, so 
the only way I can shut it down is by killing power.

Anybody run into this before?  Is there better a linux tool I can use 
that will allow me to force a mount?

I've used these tools before with 100% success as long as I was able to 
log in and shutdown clean.

Thoughts?


Paul
@ Thy Service