Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:50:03 GMT From: Tom Uffner <tom@uffner.com> To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/117315: [smbfs] mount_smbfs(8) and related options can't mount administration mounts (c$, d$, etc) on Windows PCs Message-ID: <200910292250.n9TMo3FW099644@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/117315; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Tom Uffner <tom@uffner.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, gcooper@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: bin/117315: [smbfs] mount_smbfs(8) and related options can't
mount administration mounts (c$, d$, etc) on Windows PCs
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:24 -0400
I have reproduced this recently, but it seems to be a change in the
way Windows behaves and not a bug.
Microsoft seems to have finally realized that the {drive}$ shares are
a huge security hole and decided that only members of the Administrators
group are allowed to mount them.
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