RE: About default sharing folders in Windows

["Paris Stone" <paris () ciscoinstructor com>]

Can't delete Administrator or Guest.  Rename & Disable them, then create dummy
accounts with those two default names.  All acl's are checked against the SID's not
the actual name and the SID's won't change with a rename.  Therefore if you can't
delete it and renaming it won't remove the assignments, you're hosed.  There are
tools out there that will scan your filesystem for rights, can't remember any just
now.  Audit the system and manually remove rights.

stephen at unix dot za dot net (stephen () unix za net) wrote:
> how about deleting the admininistrator  account (killing that sid)
> recreating a new account, redoing the privileges for that account,
> and adding the new username to the administrator or appropriate group.
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> then 'hack the registry'  :D
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> then you should be left with a box with no default shares,
> administrator/guest default accounts are non-existant, and the new ones
> have new SIDs.
>
> that a possible solution?
>
> oh yeh,   this is my first post  :D
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> stephen
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> stephen () unix za net
> tel: (031) 207 4811
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> On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, dave wrote:
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> > It is best to "disable" the built in administrator account.
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> > Dave
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> > Dave Kleiman
> > dave () netmedic net
> > www.netmedic.net
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Gillett [mailto:gillettdavid () fhda edu]
> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 17:38
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: About default sharing folders in Windows
> >
> > > I strongly suggest renaming the local Administrator and Guest account
> > > to something that is not easily guessed at.  In addition, you should
> > > probably create "dummy" accounts named "Administrator" and "Guest"
> > > that have no rights/no group memberships and are disabled.  Monitor
> > > the dummy accounts closely for log in attempts.
> >
> >   Note that there's no point to this unless you *also* disable the ability
> > to enumerate accounts over a null connection.  The renamed Administrator
> > account will be trivial to spot by its ID otherwise.
> >
> > David Gillett
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CIW Master Administrator / Security Analyst, NSA
http://www.ciscoinstructor.net/
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