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The Shares
tool allows you to perform
three tasks: watch connections to your resources, view local open
shares, and connect to remote resources over the
network.
External Connections
When the program detects an
external connection to your computer, it displays the information
about the user as shown above. A new connection is also indicated
by a sound alert and the tray icon color: the icon turns
red.
Right-clicking on the window
brings up a menu with the following commands:
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Open Computer
– attempts to open the selected
computer. If the computer is accessible, a new Windows Explorer
window listing remote resources will appear. You must have Client
for Microsoft Networks installed to use this feature. |
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Copy IP Address
– copies the selected
computer's IP address to the clipboard. |
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Show Access List
– brings up a window listing
the local files accessed by the selected user. |
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Disconnect
– disconnects the selected
computer. |
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Ban User
– adds the selected computer's
name to the ban list. When a banned user tries to connect to your
computer, he or she will be automatically disconnected. |
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Previous
Connections – shows the
log of previous connections and allows you to delete
it. |
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Ban List
– allows you to edit the ban
list. |
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Send To
– sends the selected IP address
to other tools or to SmartWhois. |
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Copy Results
– copies the connections table
to the clipboard. |
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Save – saves the connections table to a
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Important:
Disconnecting or even banning users cannot be considered a serious
security measure. By disconnecting a user, you instruct the
operating system to terminate the current connection, but the user
can still re-connect in a few seconds. This can only slow down such
connections. If you notice an unauthorized connection, it is
recommended that you change the access policy by setting passwords
for shared resources.
Local Shares
This frame displays the list of
shared resources on your computer.
Connect
You can use this tool for
connecting to remote resources over the network. To map a remote
resource to your local free drive, you should enter a valid share
name in the Share Name
field. A valid share name is a
computer name preceded with 2 backslashes and followed by 1
backslash and a resource name. For example, in order to map the
folder "COMMON" on computer "STATION1", you should type:
\\STATION1\COMMON
You should also enter a
username and a password in the corresponding fields and select a
free drive letter from the Local Drive
drop-down list. Note that your
computer should be able to resolve the remote computer name you
specified to the corresponding IP address. It usually means that
the IP address - computer name pair should be present in your
lmhosts file. (You can add this pair using the SysFiles tool.)
Finally, click on the
Mount
button to map a share to a
local drive. Check the Restore at logon
box if you want your computer
to re-connect to the shared resource at the next logon. To un-map a
resource, click on the Dismount
button. Please note that
the Dismount
command will attempt to
disconnect the drive specified in the Local Drive
field, so if multiple resources
have been connected, you should select the corresponding drive
letter.
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