[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