Re: Using ReactOS Registry format

[Martin Fuchs]

>   Hi Martin,
>  Thanks for this info. It looks like this might work. How do I contact
>  Eric Kohl?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  James 
This is his email address: Eric Kohl  <eric.kohl(a)t-online.de> 
Perhaps you should also send a note to the ReactOS Development List.

Regards,

   Martin

>   On Tue, 2005-06-21 at 17:57 +0200, Martin Fuchs
> wrote:
>  > Hi James,
>  >
>  > > Last night Martin Fuchs suggested that we look into using ReactOS's
>  > > registry format in order to be compatible with Windows registry
>  > > databases. I have the latest release of ReactOS running on QEMU on my
>  > > box, so I checked it out. Basically, they're using the same regedit
>  > > program from Wine, missing find command and all (Which I too feel is a
>  > > pain in the neck).
>  >
>  > A bunch of dlls and applications are synced between Wine and ROS from
>  > time to time, also including regedit. What about implemting the
>  > missing find functionality at your own to bring both projects a little
>  > foreward?  ;-)
>  >
>  >
>  > > I looked at the config stuff, and I found what looked
>  > > like some binary database files for each of the main registry sections.
>  > > Unfortunately, there's no documentation at all on any of this on their
>  > > website.
>  >
>  > I can forward you a mail from Steven Edwards to bring a bit light into
>  > this issue:
>  >
>  > S> I think ReactOS's registry is binary compatible with NT4. It and
>  > the windows 2000 format was
>  > S> documented/reversed for samba and the linux ntchpwd bootdisk
>  > projects. If I remeber right Eric
>  > S> Kohl offered to release some of his work to Wine for the binary
>  > format so you might want to ping
>  > S> him about the implementation details.
>  >
>  > So Eric Kohl would be the right man to ask about the internals of NT's
>  > registry format.
>  >
>  > > If we decide to go this route, we may be in for a hell of a lot
>  > > of work. But, I do agree with all of your points. I think the current
>  > > system could use some improvement, especially in the area of searching.
>  > > Let me know what you think of all this.
>  >
>  >
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  >    Martin