Enabling $Admin share on windows 7

[ashitpro]

I have windows 7 setup with ip 172.18.28.65
I have also enabled the $Admin share.

If I hit following command from my XP machine(172.18. 28.59)

net use \\172.18.28.65\ Admin$ /user:Admin

everything works perfectly.

Now, if I telnet to windows 7.
telnet 172.18.28.65

and hit:

net use \\127.0.0.1\Adm in$ /user:Admin

then it gives access denied error.

It may sound crazy, but I need this to run psexec smoothly.

Any help?

[Oralloy]

You might check your permissions on the share, Ashit.

I've been bitten by that sort of thing more than once. There are some subtle things that creep in.

Also, can you issue the first command from the Windows7 machine successfully? Which is to say, do the telnet, and issue

net use \\172.18.28.65\Admin$ /user:Admin

Luck!
Oralloy

[ashitpro]

thanks for reply,
I tried that command after telnet. It still shows me access denied. Like I said, from remote machine it works like a charm. By the way, how should I check the Admin share permission. Sorry for being naive, but you know I am not a windows person. Help me...

[Oralloy]

If you know where Admin$ maps into the file system, you can right-click on the folder that it maps into. On the dialogue that pops up, there should be a "shares" tab. Then you'll have to use your native smarts to look deeper from there.

If Admin$ is a service or some such, we're beyond my basic knowledge, and I'll have to step back.

Have you tried googling the problem, too?

[ashitpro]

I believe I've solved this mess.
All we have to do is instead of using 127.0.0.1 or localhost or real ip, use computer name, in my case its 'win_7_32_test' . 'net use' as well as psexec is working fine

What a shame !!!

[Oralloy]

Ash,

Thanks so much for giving me that feedback. Hopefully I'll not find myself in a similar state, but if I do, I'll be prepared.

I can understand how that might work. Windows will route the I/O over a local NETBUI channel or something, rather than across TCP/IP.

Grrrrr.

[ashitpro]

Also, if there is no way that one could use netbios names and has to use 127.0.0.1, we have to disable UAC in windows 7.

[Oralloy]

Any luck resolving the core issue here?

[ashitpro]

Actually, I was not able to run psexec and start my batch script remotely. I read somewhere that you have to enable the Admin share. So I was stuck enabling that share.

But like I said, when I disabled the UAC in windows 7. everything started working fine. Admin share as well as PsExec.

[Oralloy]

Thanks for letting me know.

Cheers!
Oralloy