Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell

Name

net share

Synopsis

Manage shared resources.

Syntax

net share sharename

net share sharename=drive:path [/users:number | /unlimited] 
[/remark:"text"] [/cache:Manual | Automatic | No]

net share sharename [/users:number | /unlimited] [/remark:"text"] 
[/cache:Manual | Automatic | No]

net share {sharename | devicename | drive:path} /delete

Options

none

A list of information about all shares on the server

sharename

The name of the share (may differ from actual name of folder or printer shared)

drive:path

Absolute path of a folder to share or unshare

/users: number

Maximum number of users who can simultaneously connect to the share

/unlimited

No limit to number of users who can simultaneously connect to the share

/remark:" text "

Description of share

/delete

Used to unshare (stop sharing) the share

/cache

Undocumented option for configuring share caching for offline folders (new to Windows 2000—see Section later in this article)

Examples

List all shared resources on the local machine:

                     net share Share name Resource Remark --------------------------------------------------------- C$ C:\ Default share IPC$ Remote IPC print$ C:\WINNT\System32\ Printer Drivers spool\drivers H$ H:\ Default share ADMIN$ C:\WINNT Remote Admin G$ G:\ Default share F$ F:\ Default share E$ E:\ Default share CertConfig C:\CAConfig Certificate Services configuration CertEnroll C:\WINNT\System32\ Certificate Services share CertSrv\CertEnroll NETLOGON C:\WINNT\SYSVOL\sysvol\ Logon server share mtitcanada.com\SCRIPTS ...