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collection which holds computers that have non-standard shared folders

Traz
asked this on December 08, 2011 18:52

Hi PDQ Inventory folks... I really like the power that your collections offer. I'm having a bitch of a problem though. I want to see which computers have shared directories (besides the normal c$, admin$ shares). Here are the rules I want for the filters.

  1. don't show computers that only have c$, admin$ or ipc$
  2. don't show file servers
  3. don't show domain controllers

Unfortunately our management allows many of our users to have full administrative access to their computers. I am worried that some of the users are creating network shares.

any suggestions?
 

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Shane Corellian
Admin Arsenal

To answer each point: 

  1. Yes, you can use the "does not match regex"  operator for the Share. See image below
  2. Depends on how you determine what constitutes a File Server. 
  3. I would recommend using your AD Path and exclude any computer who's AD path contains "Domain Controllers". If you have moved your Domain Controllers to a different OU then you would need to adjust, obviously. Here is an example of how you can create your collection. I am answering your second point the same as I am answering the 3rd...with an AD OU Path. If that won't work (i.e. your file servers aren't in special OUs) then you can filter off of OS (no servers at all) or filter out specific computer names (list your known file servers in the filter)
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December 08, 2011 19:24
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Traz

Thanks for the suggestions.This worked great. We had an OU where our File and Print servers shared the space with some Application servers. We've need to housekeep that area for while. We found what were expecting to see. Many users sharing folders that contained music, movies etc. Thanks to PDQ Inventory we have isolated the systems and removed the shares!

-Traz

December 09, 2011 12:59
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