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Conference decwet::windows-nt

Title:Windows NT
Notice:See note 15.0 for HCL location
Moderator:TARKIN::LIN.com::FOLEY
Created:Thu Oct 31 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6086
Total number of notes:31449

5639.0. "Removing default shares on NT4.0 ??" by NPSS::PAYSON (Chris Payson; ATM Networks) Tue Feb 04 1997 10:39

Is there a way to permanently remove the shares for all drives that NT seems
to create automatically on boot ?  

I have drives C, D, and E on my system, and whenever I boot I get the shares
C$, D$, and E$ by default.  If I stop the shares, they come back the next time
I boot the system.  Is there a way to stop the shares permanently ?

	- Chris
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5639.1what is the problem that you are trying to solve?CERN::HOBBSCongrats to the Ignoble Peace Prize winner! (http://www.eecs.haTue Feb 04 1997 11:445
    Why?
    
    Those are administrator shares that the world can't see or access.
    
    -cw
5639.2Accessibility of "administrator shares" ?NPSS::PAYSONChris Payson; ATM NetworksWed Feb 05 1997 06:3015
The problem I'm trying to solve is to guarantee access restrictions to 
data on non-system disks (I boot from C$ and D$, which are both on one
physical disk, but I have E$ anf F$ which are two separate disks with
data and apps that are not to be shared at all.

Can you give me the limitations on access to these "administrator shares" ?

I know I've been able to connect to them over the network even though I 
couldn't see them in the "connect" box; I could specify \\pcname\c$ and
connect to the remote drive.  This may have been on machines where the 
username and password were the same as the remote machine that was 
accessing the local machine; would that make them accessible ?

	- Chris
5639.32954::FOLEYhttp://axel.zko.dec.comWed Feb 05 1997 07:3310

	Administrator shares are only accessable by administrators.
	That's your "limitation"

	If you connect to another system not in your domain from
	the administrator account and the 2 systems have the same
	password for the administrator account, you will connect.

							mike
5639.4I have the opposite problem....CSC32::K_MEADOWSWed Feb 05 1997 10:197
    I'm interested in this string because my 4.0 system NEVER creates the
    admin shares for the disks!  This is a new 4.0 Server install on a
    Venturis 486.  
    
    anyone know how to cause them to be created?
    
    
5639.5PYRO::RONRon S. van ZuylenWed Feb 05 1997 11:166
    Uh, you've got serious problems...
    
    You're saying that if you bring up Server Manager, you see NO SHARES
    for the existing disks?
    
    --Ron
5639.6CSC32::K_MEADOWSThu Feb 06 1997 06:134
    That's right - been that way since I first installed it.  drives me
    crazy - but not enough to reinstall!
    
    have an idea of WHY?
5639.7here they come!GENIE::BUCHERFri Feb 07 1997 03:1614
    it usually happens if you use profile editor in registry mode. the
    default there is auto admin shares off
    try (edit) this
    -------- cut here, save as auto_share.reg and double-click 
    -------- n.b. this is for workstations
    
    REGEDIT4
    
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters]
    "AutoShareWks"=dword:00000001
    "AutoShareServer"=dword:00000000
    
    
    _Hans
5639.8CSC32::K_MEADOWSSun Feb 09 1997 21:221
    That registry edit worked great -  Many thanks!