RE: Accessing a PC in LAN

From: Desmond Lee (mcp_at_donotspamplease.mars)
Date: 01/30/05


Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:41:04 -0800

All root drives (C:, D:, etc.) are shared by default for administrative
purposes. That means that only local machine administrators can access by
mapping to \machine_name\C$.

Access will be denied if the credentials do not match, even for
administrators.

Hope this helps. Do let us know. Thanks!

"Vladimir Stefanovic" wrote:

> Hi,.
>
> If I have a PC in LAN and enter this string in IE:
> \\1.2.3.4\C$
> 1.2.3.4 is a IP of a particular PC, and C$ is admin
> default share, I got a Login dialog with Username &
> Password to enter.
>
> What kind of username & password dialog is this? Is this
> a fake dialog or is a real one?
>
> If it's a real one, who knows what are the username &
> password?
>
>
>
>
> Best regards,
> Vladimir Stefanovic
>
>
>



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