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Security issue in Windows 2000?


From: hong li <hong_li_98 () yahoo com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 07:35:12 -0700 (PDT)

If you use the same password for the local
administrator on workstations 
as all other servers's local administrator, (even
domain administrator),the local administrator can gain
full access to any servers without asking 
domain info if you logon locally using local
administrator account.  You even can map to
\\servername\c$ whihout asking any domain users info.

I recalled this never happenes in NT environment and
it always pops you doamin userinfo when you access any
server in the doamin if you log on locally.  

Is this the security hole in Windows 2000 environment
or something else?

Thanks in advance,

Hong


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