How To Install samdump2 on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install samdump2 on AlmaLinux 8.
What is samdump2
This tool is designed to recover the syskey bootkey from Windows NT/2K/XP/Vista system hive and uses it to decrypt and dump password hashes from the SAM hive.
We can use yum or dnf to install samdump2 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install samdump2.
Install samdump2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install samdump2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install samdump2
Install samdump2 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install samdump2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install samdump2
How To Uninstall samdump2 on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the samdump2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove samdump2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install samdump2 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.