HI, I know this is kind a very unnecessary question, but, I want to make sure that I have the correct concept of Telneting and drive mapping. Telneting is to a Server or host, when, mapping a drive is just having a local copy of a drive (\\) ? What is the big difference between telneting to a host and accessing to a mapped drive ? If the right answer is not a short one, please send me a link where I can find the difference between those to remote connections. Thanks for your answer. Don´t freak out until you know the facts...Relax...!

When you telnet into a host, for example, a linux or UNIX based PC or server, you are logged onto it as if you were sitting at it's keyboard logged on locally. When you map a drive you're connecting to a shared resource (in this case, a folder) on another machine.

OK, so I understand that telneting to a host menas, I have much more permission than someone who has access to a folder... is that right ? Don´t freak out until you know the facts...Relax...!

Not necessarily. You could be accessing the server with either method and have few rights, or a lot of rights. Telnet allows for inputing commands, and those commands could be editing a file, or copying a file, or executing a program. Access to a shared folder provides you with renaming a file, editing it, etc. but you can't execute a program and have it run on the remote machine through that. However, if a user account does not have the ability to execute programs, telnetting to a server doesn't mean he can launch programs. Similarly, a different user (for example someone with admin rights) could have far reaching rights to modify system configuration files through a mapped drive and therefore could exert far more power. "Enough, enough bowing down to disillusion! Hats off & applause to rogues & evolution! The ripple effect is too good not to mention. If you’re not affected, you’re not paying attention!"

Rights is another discussion altogether. Your question pertains to perspective and purpose. I can use telnet to access a router. I can't use telnet to access excel files. I can use a drive mapping to access a word file. Telnet doesn't really care about drive letters. See the difference? Are you ready for where Microsoft wants you to go today?

Ok, got the picture. Thanks heropsycho2177 and wanderer, it was clear to me. This question started because someone here at the company told me to access a specific file (.log) in a different box, I thought, ok I will access it by the mapped drive and find the file, of course, I couldn’t find the specific file by searching through a browser using a address, then he told me to telnet to the address….and that how my question started. Thanks again to all of you guys; it’s always a pleasure to post here. Don´t freak out until you know the facts...Relax...!