Re: Password required to access \\SERVER

From: Aaron Queenan (aqueenan@contingent.com.au)
Date: 11/06/02 

From: "Aaron Queenan" <aqueenan@contingent.com.au>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 09:17:57 -0800

That would lower the security way too much because
everyone would be able to access anything on the domain.

What is needed is the ability for unauthenticated users to
access the SoftwareInstall share.

>-----Original Message-----
>use same password for admin or logon to domain
>success
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I'm not sure that local administrator only has access to
>>the local computer only because I can connect to my own
>>domain server and view the shares (but not their
>contents)
>>when logged in as a local administrator.
>>
>>I think the problem is something to do with the
>>permissions of the IPC$ share, because IPC$ was public
in
>>earlier versions of Windows, and is public by default
>>anyway.
>>
>>Using a domain account wouldn't work, because we want to
>>allow the PC 'owner' to be able to install software on
>the
>>PC they 'own', but don't want to have to create a Domain
>>Admin account for each user which is restricted to their
>>computer.
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Local administrator by default has access to local
>>computer only, and access
>>>to another PC works only if access credentials (user
>>name/password) are
>>>exactly the same.
>>>
>>>My advise: use domain accounts.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP, MCSE
>>>-= F1 is the key =-
>>>
>>>
>>>"Aaron Queenan" <aqueenan@contingent.com.au> wrote in
>>message
>>>news:671901c28577$349ea5d0$37ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA13...
>>>> When logged in as a local Administrator on a Windows
>>2000
>>>> Professional system, and I attempt to browse to a
>>Windows
>>>> 2000 Server (e.g. \\SERVER), I am prompted with
>>an "Enter
>>>> Network Password" dialog box.
>>>>
>>>> What should I change in the server configuration to
>>allow
>>>> the local Administrator to see shares available on
that
>>>> server?
>>>>
>>>> The policy has Everyone in the "Access this computer
>>from
>>>> the network" group, and nothing in the "Deny access
>this
>>>> computer from the network" group.
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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