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How to prevent same ID/passwords across different machines?

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dm318

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Aug 4, 2002
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This is a security related question. How can I prevent a user with identical ID and password on machine A to access resources on machine B? Refering to W2K across all service packs and hardware makes. Any idea anyone? Any scripts or registry tweaks? Thank you.
 
Is the user logging onto a domain or networked environment?

"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923
 
The ID and password is a local account. Not a domain account. The machines are members of a domain.
 
If the user only has a local account on one machine how can they log onto another machine without an account on it?
Do the logons not authenticate to the domain?

"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923
 
Perhaps I should have been clearer... Both machines A and B has identical local ID and passwords. So... the question is, how can we prevent one from accessing the other?
 
Disable the account on one of the machines.
I dont think theres another way unless some network interactivity takes place.

"Sometimes I do not know but I try hard"- R.F. Haughty 1923
 
On the machine with shares you want to protect, add to the local logon script:

C:\WINNT>net stop srv

It will return as messages:
The Server service is stopping.
The Server service was stopped successfully.

This stops all CIFS (SMB) sharing at that workstation.
 
Remove the user id/password duplication? (either set up a new user id/password on machine B and remove the user id/password that's used on machine A from machine B - or just change its password on machine B).

 
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