SAM Database

Owned by David Doret
Last updated: 10-56-2021
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Contexts

IT, Windows

Term

SAM Database

Definitions

SAM database This database contains the defined local users and groups along with their passwords and other attributes. On domain controllers, the SAM does not store the domain defined users, but stores the system’s administrator recovery account definition and password. This database is stored in the registry under HKLM\SAM.

(Russinovich et al., 2017, p. 608)

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