RE: Any way to remove ADMIN$ only?

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At 09:59 AM 11/5/2002, Jim Harrison (SPG) wrote:
> The only problem with using "net share" to create shares is that it
> applies default permissions to those shares it creates. These include
> "Everyone=Full"; obviously not an ideal scenario, especially given the
> default security of Windows drives (Everyone=Full). I've written a
> script that will create shares that only allow those accounts listed
> in the local server's administrator's group to have access to the
> share you choose to create.

Hey Jim!

Actually, the permissions for ADMIN$ are pre-set, and cannot be changed (and are admin only). Even if you delete the ADMIN$ with the net command and create it back again manually, it will still only have admin permissions. So in this case, it is not really an issue.

But more importantly, as Eric pointed out, there is really no value in deleting the admin share at all, as only admins have access to it, which means they can always add it back with a simple "net share admin$" command.

hth

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