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

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 11/29/05 

Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:01:33 -0600

You do not need to be a domain administrator unless the server in question
is a domain controller which the user did not clarify. While domain admins
global group is in the local administrators group of a domain computer by
default any domain user account can be added or the credentials of any user
in the local administrators group can be used including the built in
administrator account.. --- Steve

"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
news:ureMTJQ9FHA.1148@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>

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