Shares from Windows

[Grizzly]

23 October 2018  at 10:18, Liam Proven wrote:
Re: Shares from Windows (at least in part)

>On Mon, 22 Oct 2018 at 17:29, Grizzly via ubuntu-users
><ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

>You have _already posted_ an example of what's gone wrong!

Not sure anything was wrong as such, just not as expected and or advertised 
(call me nieve)

>> Anyone with physical access to "a" machine on the network in question can with
>> little work be an admin

>If they have physical access to it then network shares don't matter
>any more than a fart in a hurricane, now do they?

I think we got a bit off my first point, and I have tested to see "IF" 
replacing (undo the reg setting that stops them) the default shares makes them 
secure (to other than afmins) and no it didn't but I did learn something, I was 
wrong in a previous post, where I said you only need 
1) the ip
2) the workgroup name
3) a Ubuntu valid login (Username & Password) 

I got courious about a LiveUSB, and found that the only thing you NEED is 
number 1

I booted the USB, clicked "connect to server" left the defaults in place
User = ubuntu
Domain = WORKGROUP
Password = anything at all (but not blank)

and low and behold all shares on the target where visible, 
if I wanted to move down the structure I had to reenter the same settings as 
above, then I was able to read anything

So for now I will keep the default shares off my M$ boxes, that way only the  
shares I want to have are visible

This may all be tighter on Win10, but as I won't be going there on my own 
machines, I'll have to wait until a client with Win10 has a problem (wont take 
long ;->)

Note:- nowhere on my network (other than on the LiveUSB itself) is there
a user called ubuntu
a Domain/WorkGroup called WORKGROUP
and the passwords I tested with don't exist anywhere