Re: Partial Profiles Created on a file server



sound similar to effect from fileshare storage using EFS encryption


<Jzodkoy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A handful of partial profiles have appeared on a client's W2K3 in the
"documents and settings" directory.

The profiles belong to user accounts that are NOT administrator
accounts.
The profiles only have three subdirectories instead of the customary
twelve
subdirectories. The three directories are "Application Data", "Cookies"
and
"Local Settings". NTUSER.DAT, ntuser.dat.log, and ntuser.ini are also
created.

It is my understanding that user profiles should only appear on a W2K3
in
the "Documents and Settings" directory as a result of a user logging on
from
the server keyboard, or by an administrator logging in via Terminal
Services
(which is in admin mode).

Windows Update and the client's third party patch management software
both
report the server as fully patched.

1) Is there any legitimate way that a non-admin user could create a
profile
on the server?
2) If the profiles were created by a user using an exploit to elevate
their
privileges via Terminal Services, how would you manually check to see
that
the appropriate TS patches were actually fully installed?

Thank you



.



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