Re: What permissions do I need to use admin$ ?

From: Kerry Brown (kerry_at_kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m)
Date: 11/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:31:16 -0800

Maury Markowitz wrote:
> I'm trying to mount admin$ of one of our NT Server machines onto my XP
> machine. I do not have permissions to do so, but I can't find the
> permissions I'd need.
>
> admin$'s own permissions cannot be set (or so it appears) because
> "This has been shared for administrative purposes. The permissions
> cannot be set."
>
> So how do I get permissions?
>
> Maury

If in a domain you need domain admin permissions. If in a workgroup then you
must be a administrator on that machine.

Why would you want to mount admin$? I can't think of any reason to do this.
At best if you need temporary access you should use Start ==> Run ==>
\\server_name\c$ or whatever drive you need access to. If you need permanent
access to the root of a system drive then something is not right with your
overall network security plan.

Kerry