Share a Mapped Drive

We have several rather simple NAS devices (specifically Terastations:
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/network-storage/terastation/).

Instead of having 15 different shares for our team and the users to
remember (and remember what resources are on which one) What I want
to do is create a single Windows file server that has a different
share for each of these devices and simply acts as a passthrough.
This will allow us to use this extra (RAID'd) storage while keeping
the interface simple and consistent.

Additionally, security is simplified/increased since:
- we can put these devices on private IPs to ensure that they are
only network accessible through the Win box
- by using the devices as mapped drives the win box connects to
them using a specific user/pass
- terastations don't natively deal with ADS well so by forcing
access through the win box, we would simply have to control the access
rights on the Windows shares, and thus can better and more easily take
advantage of ADS

However, when I map a drive to one of these devices, windows seems to
know that it's a share, and I do not have the ability to "share the
share" as it were. So is there a way to override this and share a
mapped drive?

Or if this isn't possible, is there another way I can accomplish what
I'm trying to do?

Thanks,

Ryan

.

Relevant Pages

  • [Full-Disclosure] Fwd: CERT Advisory CA-2003-08 Increased Activity Targeting Windows Shares
    ... CERT Advisory CA-2003-08 Increased Activity Targeting Windows Shares ... The network scanning associated with this activity is widespread but ... W32/Deloder attempts to compromise the Administrator ...
    (Full-Disclosure)
  • Re: VPN access to network file shares
    ... "The file shares are on a server running Windows Small Business Server ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs)
  • Re: password x for read, password y for write
    ... I would like to set up a bunch of shares as follows: ... I have a mixture of windows XP professional and windows XP ... Permissions can only be defined for local user accounts that exist ... computer matches a local user account, it gets the permissions for the ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: password x for read, password y for write
    ... I would like to set up a bunch of shares as follows: ... I have a mixture of windows XP professional and windows XP ... Permissions can only be defined for local user accounts that exist ... computer matches a local user account, it gets the permissions for the ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
  • Re: MS Windows Hidden Shares
    ... To view the shares of a windows based PC, Win2k and later, it can be done using command prompt *net *command, here is an example with the result: ... The Norwich University program offers unparalleled Infosec management education and the case study affords you unmatched consulting experience. ... Tailor your education to your own professional goals with degree customizations including Emergency Management, Business Continuity Planning, Computer Emergency Response Teams, and Digital Investigations. ...
    (Security-Basics)
Quantcast