Accessing a PC in LAN

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Vladimir Stefanovic

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
 
this is login from that PCs users, this means you enter user/pass that exist
in that computer and have Admin rights.
 
this is login from that PCs users, this means you enter
user/pass that exist in that computer and have Admin
rights.
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I think that would be true if I tried to enter any *public*
shared folder, and if the user really has the password.

But in this case, the user doesn't have the password, and
I'm trying to access C$, which is system share for the
C partition. Ypu can see at at MyComputer/Manage/Shares.
 
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Vladimir said:
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.
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Yes. Yes you do.
What kind of username & password dialog is this? Is this
a fake dialog or is a real one?
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Uhm, this is a logon/authorization "username & password dialog" - meaning
you need to enter a username/password to access this share. Whether that
username is "administrator" or "bob" and the password is "1Gr8PWD4u2krak" or
blank is determined by the setup of the PC.
If it's a real one, who knows what are the username &
password?
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Well, duh - the person who setup the computer originally.
 
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!
 
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