Shares ARE stored in the Registry - usually on the Server where the shares
reside in a key called LANMANServer if memory recalls :-)
 
 

Regards

Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator 

EADS Astrium Limited, B32AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU

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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin, Jonathan (Contractor) [mailto:JMARTI05 at intersil.com] 
Sent: 08 June 2006 21:05
To: Anthony Baldini; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring Windows shared folders


In Windows NT the share information would remain constant even if the folder
was deleted.  That is, you would still have Share1, Share2 Share3 etc... but
they would lead to no where because the folders were gone in the file
system.  In Windows 2000 and 2003 the user is warned before deleting the
folder that this will also remove the share, assuming the user is logged on
locally.  If the user is accessing a "share within a share" - that is - they
are deleting a shared folder on remote system then (similar to Windows NT)
the folder is removed but the share remains.  You will also receive some
pretty nasty errors in the Event Viewer every time the server service is
restarted cautioning you that the share leads to nowhere.
 
As far as I am aware share information is stored locally in the registry,
and really has nothing to do with Active Directory (that I am aware of.)  If
you would like to know if the share still exists even if the folder does
not, then go into "Computer Management" in the control panel /
Administrative Tools, select "Shared Folders" then "Shares" to view what
shares are currently being offered up by the server service.  If the share
still exists (but not the folder) then simply restoring the folder will
suffice.  If not, right click on the folder (logged in locally) and select
properties then the sharing tab.
 
Regards,
 
-Jonathan

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From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Anthony
Baldini
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:56 PM
To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring Windows shared folders



When a deleted Windows shared folder is restored, do the attributes that
make a shared folder get restored also?

 

The client is a Windows 2003 server.

The Master server is NBU 5.1MP4 for Solaris

 

 

 

Tony Baldini

 



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