Re: Windows NT 4.0, 95, 98 (?) networked PRN flaw

From: Terry Milnes (tezat_private)
Date: Sun Jun 06 1999 - 12:23:53 PDT

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    Eric,
    
    You can however rename the file the same way you created it,
    and then delete it in any manner you would normally do.
    
    NT Server 4.0 sp4
    
    > Now the flaw:
    > Although you cannot create a local file whose name is PRN, you can,
    > however, jump onto a networked server (suppose it's name is
    > \\whatever) and create (in any directory that you have creatable
    > permissions) any file or directory named PRN.xxx (again, xxx stands
    > for any extension).  The server must be accessed by it's \\ notation,
    > you cannot do this if you map \\whatever\anydir to a drive (such as
    > w:), then go to w:\ and try to create the file, in that case your
    > machine's name parser blocks you.
    >
    



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