To display all the shares given to others

[ykffc]

In a machine running Window 2003 server, I've created a dozen of shares from
various folders of the local disk drives for other users to access. Say
folderA, folderB, ... are shared.

If all the folderA, folderB, ... are sitting under the root directory, I can
see them quickly but what if they are not.

I thought there must be some buildin Windows functions to show the location
of all these shares but I can't find them. Do I miss something?

thanks.

 

[Coraleigh Miller]

You can see all of your shares on your server by right clicking on My
Computer, selecting Manage, expand the Shared Folders, and click on Shares.

To make your network's administration easier you should plan a good folder
sharing structure.

The following is a great writeup recently posted here by Lanwench....


1. Home directories (\\server\home$\%username%)
2. Management folder (\\server\management$)
3. Accounting folder (\\server\accounting$)
4. General shared data folder (\\server\shared$)
5. Software images,drivers, etc (\\server\distrib$)

On the server, that might look like

E:\Data
|--Home
|--Management
|--Accounting
|--Shared
|--Distrib

Share security = everyone, full control

Folder-level security is via AD groups.
I disable inheritence on the E:\DATA folder so everything's customized per
folder.
Administrators & system have full rights to everything.
I don't use Domain Users for anything I create Companyname Users for
general permissions, and Companyname Management, Companyname Accounting, as
security groups...and the most any of those ever get is Modify (and for the
distrib folder, read&execute only).


Coraleigh Miller


"ykffc" <ykffc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CFA0C74F-FFF9-4917-981B-56760E535A63@microsoft.com...
> In a machine running Window 2003 server, I've created a dozen of shares
> from
> various folders of the local disk drives for other users to access. Say
> folderA, folderB, ... are shared.
>
> If all the folderA, folderB, ... are sitting under the root directory, I
> can
> see them quickly but what if they are not.
>
> I thought there must be some buildin Windows functions to show the
> location
> of all these shares but I can't find them. Do I miss something?
>
> thanks.
>
>

 

[ykffc]

Thanks. That is a perfect answer.

The 'manage' function with Windows 2003 is what I need to know. Do you know
if that function (or similar function) is available on other Windows
platforms (like Xp, Windows 2000 server)?

BTW: un-organized shares were already created by other persons (including
vendors.

"Coraleigh Miller" wrote:

> You can see all of your shares on your server by right clicking on My
> Computer, selecting Manage, expand the Shared Folders, and click on Shares.
>
> To make your network's administration easier you should plan a good folder
> sharing structure.
>
> The following is a great writeup recently posted here by Lanwench....
>
>
> 1. Home directories (\\server\home$\%username%)
> 2. Management folder (\\server\management$)
> 3. Accounting folder (\\server\accounting$)
> 4. General shared data folder (\\server\shared$)
> 5. Software images,drivers, etc (\\server\distrib$)
>
> On the server, that might look like
>
> E:\Data
> |--Home
> |--Management
> |--Accounting
> |--Shared
> |--Distrib
>
> Share security = everyone, full control
>
> Folder-level security is via AD groups.
> I disable inheritence on the E:\DATA folder so everything's customized per
> folder.
> Administrators & system have full rights to everything.
> I don't use Domain Users for anything I create Companyname Users for
> general permissions, and Companyname Management, Companyname Accounting, as
> security groups...and the most any of those ever get is Modify (and for the
> distrib folder, read&execute only).
>
>
> Coraleigh Miller
>
>
> "ykffc" <ykffc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CFA0C74F-FFF9-4917-981B-56760E535A63@microsoft.com...
> > In a machine running Window 2003 server, I've created a dozen of shares
> > from
> > various folders of the local disk drives for other users to access. Say
> > folderA, folderB, ... are shared.
> >
> > If all the folderA, folderB, ... are sitting under the root directory, I
> > can
> > see them quickly but what if they are not.
> >
> > I thought there must be some buildin Windows functions to show the
> > location
> > of all these shares but I can't find them. Do I miss something?
> >
> > thanks.
> >
> >
>
>
>

 

[Coraleigh Miller]

The Computer Management console is found on all Microsofts OS platforms
including and since Windows 2000. Here is an article that can give you abit
more info on it.. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308423

This is great that you are giving your company some, sounds like, much
needed organization.
Let us know if there is anything else we can help you with.

Coraleigh Miller

"ykffc" <ykffc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B12892D4-F5E6-47D2-A557-2726D10B4D1C@microsoft.com...
> Thanks. That is a perfect answer.
>
> The 'manage' function with Windows 2003 is what I need to know. Do you
> know
> if that function (or similar function) is available on other Windows
> platforms (like Xp, Windows 2000 server)?
>
> BTW: un-organized shares were already created by other persons (including
> vendors.
>
> "Coraleigh Miller" wrote:
>
>> You can see all of your shares on your server by right clicking on My
>> Computer, selecting Manage, expand the Shared Folders, and click on
>> Shares.
>>
>> To make your network's administration easier you should plan a good
>> folder
>> sharing structure.
>>
>> The following is a great writeup recently posted here by Lanwench....
>>
>>
>> 1. Home directories (\\server\home$\%username%)
>> 2. Management folder (\\server\management$)
>> 3. Accounting folder (\\server\accounting$)
>> 4. General shared data folder (\\server\shared$)
>> 5. Software images,drivers, etc (\\server\distrib$)
>>
>> On the server, that might look like
>>
>> E:\Data
>> |--Home
>> |--Management
>> |--Accounting
>> |--Shared
>> |--Distrib
>>
>> Share security = everyone, full control
>>
>> Folder-level security is via AD groups.
>> I disable inheritence on the E:\DATA folder so everything's customized
>> per
>> folder.
>> Administrators & system have full rights to everything.
>> I don't use Domain Users for anything I create Companyname Users for
>> general permissions, and Companyname Management, Companyname Accounting,
>> as
>> security groups...and the most any of those ever get is Modify (and for
>> the
>> distrib folder, read&execute only).
>>
>>
>> Coraleigh Miller
>>
>>
>> "ykffc" <ykffc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CFA0C74F-FFF9-4917-981B-56760E535A63@microsoft.com...
>> > In a machine running Window 2003 server, I've created a dozen of shares
>> > from
>> > various folders of the local disk drives for other users to access.
>> > Say
>> > folderA, folderB, ... are shared.
>> >
>> > If all the folderA, folderB, ... are sitting under the root directory,
>> > I
>> > can
>> > see them quickly but what if they are not.
>> >
>> > I thought there must be some buildin Windows functions to show the
>> > location
>> > of all these shares but I can't find them. Do I miss something?
>> >
>> > thanks.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>