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How to see remote shard folders - and how to hide them ?The current situation in my small inhouse-LAN is as follows:
I can access remote shared folders if I enter directly the UNC path like \\192.168.0.56\myremshare But assume I would NOT know the name of the remote shared folder: How can I list all available shares (even if my local account is not existing at the remote computer but I know another, existing login name and password for the remote computer)? Additionally is there a way to explicitely prevent the display of all MY OWN shared folders to other computers/user in the LAN ? I remember that there is a special setting for this behavior. Are the folders visible or NOT visible by default ? Tom tom.hawk***@yahoo.com (Tom Hawkins) wrote in
Show quoteHide quote news:463b8100$0$20291$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net: I believe: Start->Run-> \\computername> The current situation in my small inhouse-LAN is as follows: > > I can access remote shared folders if I enter directly the UNC > path like > > \\192.168.0.56\myremshare > > But assume I would NOT know the name of the remote shared folder: > How can I list all available shares (even if my local account is > not existing at the remote computer but I know another, existing > login name and password for the remote computer)? > > Additionally is there a way to explicitely prevent the display of > all MY OWN shared folders to other computers/user in the LAN ? > I remember that there is a special setting for this behavior. > > Are the folders visible or NOT visible by default ? > > Tom > > will list shares on that computer When you enable a folder for sharing, you give it a "share name". If you end that share name with a dollar sign ($), then that share will be hidden on the network. HTH, John John Wunderlich wrote:
> When you enable a folder for sharing, you give it a "share name". If Keep in mind, though, that when accessing the hidden share, the $ must > you end that share name with a dollar sign ($), then that share will be > hidden on the network. be appended to the share name. So, if you want to create a share called "documents" and hide it, you have to call it "documents$". While unhidden, it is accessed via: \\server\documents If you have hidden it, it must be accessed via: \\server\documents$ On 04 May 2007 18:52:49 GMT, tom.hawk***@yahoo.com (Tom Hawkins) wrote:
Show quoteHide quote >The current situation in my small inhouse-LAN is as follows: Tom,> >I can access remote shared folders if I enter directly the UNC path like > >\\192.168.0.56\myremshare > >But assume I would NOT know the name of the remote shared folder: >How can I list all available shares (even if my local account is not existing at the >remote computer but I know another, existing login name and password for the remote computer)? > >Additionally is there a way to explicitely prevent the display of all MY OWN >shared folders to other computers/user in the LAN ? >I remember that there is a special setting for this behavior. > >Are the folders visible or NOT visible by default ? > >Tom As John talks about, any share name ending with a "$" is hidden from being listed by the browser. If you want the computer hidden completely, you can set the Hidden flag. <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/hiding-your-server-from-enumeration.html> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/hiding-your-server-from-enumeration.html -- Cheers, Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. Dear Tom,
Share names are visible by default. To create an invisible share, append a $ symbol on the end. Like "myspecialfiles$". To map to it - you must know the name in advance - which only you do know. (And any admin on the remote PC of course.) To view _advertised shares_ open a cmd prompt and give the command net view \\192.168.0.56 Admin tools / Computer Management will connect to the remote machine if you ask it to and you have admin access. Then you can view all shares in a GUI. CreateWindow http://mymessagetaker.com Stop using those paper phone message pads - make the computer work for you (not the other way around)!dmin Show quoteHide quote "Tom Hawkins" <tom.hawk***@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:463b8100$0$20291$9b4e6d93@newsspool3.arcor-online.net... > The current situation in my small inhouse-LAN is as follows: > > I can access remote shared folders if I enter directly the UNC path like > > \\192.168.0.56\myremshare > > But assume I would NOT know the name of the remote shared folder: > How can I list all available shares (even if my local account is not > existing at the > remote computer but I know another, existing login name and password for > the remote computer)? > > Additionally is there a way to explicitely prevent the display of all MY > OWN > shared folders to other computers/user in the LAN ? > I remember that there is a special setting for this behavior. > > Are the folders visible or NOT visible by default ? > > Tom > 
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