[Gllug] Securing XP

[Matthew Thompson]

On 10 Apr 2005, at 18:17, Bruce Richardson wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 11:28:51PM +0100, Bernard wrote:
>>
>> Nope. I added a Linux/Samba box to my Windows 2000 Server network. I 
>> saw
>> the C$ share on the domain controller and opened it just like any 
>> other.
>> This is a bit of a problem because that share is required for a number
>> of purposes, it's pretty much impossible to work without it.
>
> If the contents of that share can be viewed from the network by J.
> Random User, then that system is misconfigured.

I believe that by default all shares with a $ appended to the name 
become invisible as far as browsing is concerned - it should only be 
full administrators that can access the share.

M at t :o)

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