Re: launch of a kernel mode driver from network directory is impossible?

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From: Alexander Grigoriev (alegr_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 01/30/05 

Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 07:48:02 -0800

Network files can only be accessed under user's credentials. LOCAL_SYSTEM is
what it means: only local.

"emmanuel" <emmanuel@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:41fcd187$0$26230$626a14ce@news.free.fr...
>i have all right access on the directory of the other computer, i can lauch
>.exe file on the remote directory but the .exe file cant open the service
>of the device .sys file on the same directory : error returned number 5 =
>acces denied.
> is it really possible to start a service where the .sys kernel mode driver
> is on a remote directory on the network?
> i am not in a domain but in workgroup (2 computers with network card)
> if possible, how to allowed this exactly?
> thank you
>
>
>
> "Alexander Grigoriev" <alegr@earthlink.net> a écrit dans le message de
> news: %23BuUvknBFHA.1408@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> The kernel mode components are allowed to do whatever they want in their
>> own kingdom, but they're nobody on another computer.
>> You need to supply user credentials to open a network file.
>>
>> If the machine is in the domain, the machine account may be given access
>> to another computer in the domain without user's credentials, though.
>>
>> "emmanuel" <emmanuel@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:41fc4d2c$0$27931$636a15ce@news.free.fr...
>>>i have a problem of "access denied" if i try to launch the program (that
>>> open a kernel mode driver) from a remote directory on the network
>>> if i lauch the same program on a local directory (drive C: of my
>>> hardrive
>>> for example), there is no problem.
>>>
>>> i have verified that i have all the control access on the remote
>>> directory
>>> but it seems that the problem is the path name
>>> \\??\UNC\etc..... used to locate the .sys driver that caused the access
>>> denied.
>>> is there a way to solve this or is it a "normal" limitation ?
>>> thank you
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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