Re: [ros-dev] Job offer: Linux tool to create a valid Windows Registry hive file

[Alex Ionescu]

So basically they just want mkhive...

It's free money guys.

On 19-Nov-08, at 1:44 PM, Maya Posch wrote:

>   I'd be willing to consider this as a project,
> preferably as part of my
>  own software company (easier for taxes and such...). I'll leave it to
>  the other devs to see what they want to do with it, though.
>
>  At any rate it seems like a legitimate offer to me.
>
>
>  Maya
>
>
>  Martin v. Wittich wrote:
> >   Hi,
> >
> >  we are a software development company that develops and maintains a
> >  Linux-based server solution called IServ, designed for use in  
> >  schools.
> >  We are in business since 2003, and there are currently about 370  
> >  schools
> >  in Germany using IServ as their portal server.
> >
> >  One feature that we would like to integrate into our product is the
> >  possibility to customize the ntconfig.pol file. This file, located on
> >  the server's netlogon share, can deploy registry settings to Windows
> >  clients - it is especially important because it can deploy
> >  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE settings. This file is a binary registry hive.  
> >  At the
> >  moment, we have to create this file manually with poledit.exe.
> >
> >  We need a Linux program which can automatically generate this file.
> >  1) It should read plain text files as input, for example an INF file.
> >  2) The resulting policy file must work with Windows 2000 and XP x86
> >  clients. It should be possible to easily test this by using the  
> >  command
> >  "Load Hive" in Regedit.
> >  3) The preferred programming language is Perl, C/C++ is also OK.  
> >  Other
> >  languages should also be possible, but only after prior consultation
> >  (just to make sure nobody comes up with Java ;) ).
> >  4) The resulting source code should be released as open source, e.g.
> >  under the GPL.
> >
> >  We would like the program being finished in one month. We will pay  
> >  you
> >  EUR 300 for it. If the program is very much work and you feel you  
> >  need
> >  more money, submit us an offer.
> >
> >  A Perl library to dump binary registry files to plain text:
> >  http://search.cpan.org/~jmacfarla/Parse-Win32Registry-0.30/
> >
> >  Attachments:
> >  ntconfig.pol - Our current policy. This must be generated  
> >  automatically.
> >  ntconfig.pol.dump - Plain text dump of that file, generated with
> >  Parse::Win32Registry.
> >  winnt.adm - Template to edit our policy file with poledit.exe.
> >
> >  Our homepage: http://iserv.eu (only in German, though)
> >
> >
> >
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Best regards,
Alex Ionescu