post/windows/gather/hashdump fails on python meterpreter

[jvazquez-r7]

Target : Vmware vm with Windows XP SP3, session with default administrator privileges

• The module runs further than over php/java meterpreter sessions, even when the session is not SYSTEM, there are errors which worths to work on.

msf post(hashdump) > set session 4
session => 4
msf post(hashdump) > run
[*] [2015.10.29-13:29:01] Obtaining the boot key...
[*] [2015.10.29-13:29:02] Calculating the hboot key using SYSKEY 52a4cb29a46ddb110130f95c5ef79511...
[-] [2015.10.29-13:29:02] Meterpreter Exception: Rex::Post::Meterpreter::RequestError stdapi_registry_open_key: Operation failed: Windows error: The operation completed successfully.
[-] [2015.10.29-13:29:02] This script requires the use of a SYSTEM user context (hint: migrate into service process)
[*] Post module execution completed
msf post(hashdump) >

[bcook-r7]

Perhaps our check for if we are system is insufficient.

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