On Thursday 27 October 2005 05:08, Greg Wallace wrote:
I have a shared folder on my Windows machine that I connect to from my Linux box without the need for the prompt. To do that, I added user ANONYMOUS LOGON to the folder that is being shared. There is nothing in the folder that is of a nature that I would worry about it being hacked, plus, both machines are behind a hardware firewall. I set up a desktop link to the Windows share on my Linux desktop and all I have to do is click it to get into the Windows folder. I also have a similar desktop link on my Windows machine to a shared folder on the Linux box. So, from either machine, I can drop a file into the shared folder on the other machine (or drop it into the one on the current machine and then go drag it out from the other side).
Hi Greg, For the record, if you share a directory on a M$ box and fail to protect it with both a password *and* a resident firewall, anyone who can "see" the share probably knows how to gain access to the contents of the entire drive. This is one of the built-in 'undocumented features' of that OS. regards, - Carl