How to share D:

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Paul Alda

Hi all,

I posted this question on win2000.setup but seems to be no visitors at that
NG.

Envir.: 2000 on desktop and Xp on lap.
I wish to share the whole D: desktop-drive with my lap, but I could do it
on a folder by folder basis only.
If I select D: and check "Share this folder" and OK the dialog closes normally,
but the
drive is not shared. Then I try clicking Permissions and responds "This
has been shared for administrative purpose". So how could I manage D: from
my laptop?

Thanks
 
Paul said:
Hi all,

I posted this question on win2000.setup but seems to be no visitors at
that NG.

Envir.: 2000 on desktop and Xp on lap.
I wish to share the whole D: desktop-drive with my lap, but I could do
it on a folder by folder basis only.
If I select D: and check "Share this folder" and OK the dialog closes
normally, but the drive is not shared. Then I try clicking Permissions
and responds "This has been shared for administrative purpose". So how
could I manage D: from my laptop?
Click to expand...
The default admin share name is 'D$'. Try that. You don't have to share
the drive as a named share (though I think you should be able to).

Cheers,

Cliff
 
Hello Enkidu,
The default admin share name is 'D$'. Try that. You don't have to
share the drive as a named share (though I think you should be able
to).
Click to expand...

The share name is already D$ as usual.
 
Paul said:
Hello Enkidu,


The share name is already D$ as usual.
Click to expand...
OK, I've done some testing and the thing that I tripped over was the
firewall. In XP the firewall prevents another computer from connecting
to a share on your computer. Trying turning the firewall off and see if
that solves it. If it does you will need to configure the firewall to
let through a number of ports.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
Hello Enkidu,
OK, I've done some testing and the thing that I tripped over was the
firewall. In XP the firewall prevents another computer from connecting
to a share on your computer.
Click to expand...

Nope, we both were wrong. At first I used D$ and then changed to D: which
was wrong too, then back to D$. However the correct name is plain D, now
it works as expected.

Thanks for your time Enkidu
 
Paul said:
Hello Enkidu,


Nope, we both were wrong. At first I used D$ and then changed to D:
which was wrong too, then back to D$. However the correct name is plain
D, now it works as expected.

Thanks for your time Enkidu.
Click to expand...
??? D$ is correct. I'm not sure why it works differently for you. I just
tested.

Cheers,

Cliff
 
Hello Cliff,
??? D$ is correct. I'm not sure why it works differently for you. I
just tested.
Click to expand...

To be honest I don't know, but that's the way it works on my machine. The
only difference with my original setup is that I copied the 2000 source at
D: and installed instead of using the CD. This way I also include some 3rd
party sourceapplets in the same source folder. Other than that its standard
up to SP4.

Thanks again for your help.
 
D$ is a default "administrative" share. To access it you need to connect as
the user "Administrator", with the proper password. Microsoft networking
security will give you transparent access to other machines as long as both
the username and password match ... except in the case of Administrator
accounts, as it is a horribly unsafe assumption to say "if you are
administrator over there we can trust you as administrator over here". So,
if you want to connect as administrator you have to connect as
machinename\adminstrator, were machinename is the name of the machine you
are attempting to connect to.

It's really easier to avoid the administrative shares and just create your
own. To create a new share, with your own permissions, when an
administrative (or other) share already exists, you need to click the "New
Share" button near the bottom of the dialog box. Or you can use the command
line syntax:

c:\> net share dd=d:\

(I always name my drive-level shares by doubling the drive letter)

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