Re: Printer Sharing and M1CR0S0FT Windows98

From: Neale Banks (nealeat_private)
Date: Tue Oct 27 1998 - 21:52:12 PST

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>         It seems that when you share a printer in windows 98, it'll create a
> share called "PRINTER$" - which is actually your C:\Windows\System directory.
> It is not password protected and you can view everything in your C:\Windows\System directory... even if your printer is shared with a password.

IIRC, this has been around for a long time (not that it excuses its
persistence) - the excuse, FWIW, being that the share is used to export
the printer's drivers.

If MS really _must_ do this, then it would it not be smarter to put the
printer drivers in a separate directory and export that?

Regards,
Neale.

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