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Walter Epp
With Windows XP Pro explorer logged on as an administrator I defined a share
myshare of D:\myfolder, then a Dos box says \\mymachine\myshare\* file not
found, but D:\myfolder\* and \\mymachine\driveshare\* work, the latter using a
previously defined share of the whole drive D.
Explorer showed driveshare but did not show myshare in My Network Places,
while net share at the Dos box prompt displayed both shares.
The other machine (Win98SE Dos box) could access \\mymachine\myshare\* despite
not being logged on as anybody known to the XP machine.
Rebooting did not help.
The D:\myfolder share permissions say Everybody has full access.
The security list for \\mymachine\myshare had varying permissions for various
users, but Everybody had at least read and list; adding write didn't help.
Share permissions for driveshare only include read.
Accessing a share of a folder on a FAT32 drive also gets file not found.
Simple file sharing is off, automatically search for network folders is on.
A share defined when simple file sharing is on still gets file not found.
How can a share be accessible to anybody on another machine but be accessible
to nobody on the machine it's defined on/local to?
How can a share of the whole drive be accessible locally but not shares of
folders on the drive?
Any tips or words of wisdom greatly appreciated.
At first, while the other machine was off, My Network Places showed driveshare
and SharedDocs, then when I turned the other machine on they moved to
myworkgroup\mymachine, then when I turned the other machine off, everything
disappeared - My Network Places was blank. On the next reboot with the other
machine off, My Network Places was still blank and \\mymachine\driveshare\*
no longer worked from a Dos box (file not found). When I searched for mymachine
then all the shares were listed, but clicking on any one gets "not accessible".
How can a share of a local drive ever be inaccessible to users on that computer,
regardless of the state of the network or other machines?
This is not making any sense!
myshare of D:\myfolder, then a Dos box says \\mymachine\myshare\* file not
found, but D:\myfolder\* and \\mymachine\driveshare\* work, the latter using a
previously defined share of the whole drive D.
Explorer showed driveshare but did not show myshare in My Network Places,
while net share at the Dos box prompt displayed both shares.
The other machine (Win98SE Dos box) could access \\mymachine\myshare\* despite
not being logged on as anybody known to the XP machine.
Rebooting did not help.
The D:\myfolder share permissions say Everybody has full access.
The security list for \\mymachine\myshare had varying permissions for various
users, but Everybody had at least read and list; adding write didn't help.
Share permissions for driveshare only include read.
Accessing a share of a folder on a FAT32 drive also gets file not found.
Simple file sharing is off, automatically search for network folders is on.
A share defined when simple file sharing is on still gets file not found.
How can a share be accessible to anybody on another machine but be accessible
to nobody on the machine it's defined on/local to?
How can a share of the whole drive be accessible locally but not shares of
folders on the drive?
Any tips or words of wisdom greatly appreciated.
At first, while the other machine was off, My Network Places showed driveshare
and SharedDocs, then when I turned the other machine on they moved to
myworkgroup\mymachine, then when I turned the other machine off, everything
disappeared - My Network Places was blank. On the next reboot with the other
machine off, My Network Places was still blank and \\mymachine\driveshare\*
no longer worked from a Dos box (file not found). When I searched for mymachine
then all the shares were listed, but clicking on any one gets "not accessible".
How can a share of a local drive ever be inaccessible to users on that computer,
regardless of the state of the network or other machines?
This is not making any sense!