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Setting up Hidden Shares within DFS

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by montyjonty 1 view

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Currently we have a single domain NT4 SP6a network and have setup some network shares as hidden (i.e \\\Users\%username%$) so that when users go into Network Neighbourhood they can't see these shares.
We are migrating to Win2K SP2 and if possible I'm wanting to setup access to all our network shares through DFS.
I can't seem to figure out or find out if there's a way to setup these same shares as hidden through DFS (i.e for the users directories) as I want to avoid users seeing unnecessary directories.
All clients currently running NT4, but will be upgraded to XP in the next few months.
If anyone has any ideas, would appreciate the assistance.

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by quintar51

Hi. Just create a normal shared folder, but make sure you add $ at the end of the share name. The $ will make it a hidden share. IE Admin$, C$, New Folder$.

Hope that helps

by montyjonty

Within DFS, I've already tried adding the $ at the end of the sharename but the share is still visible through My Network Places (when viewing the network on an XP machine).
If I setup the share on a folder using $ on the serveritself it works fine, but trying to do the same thing through DFS for some reason doesn't work.
Any other ideas .... ??????.

by raven - cdn

I have been researching that same question and I have been unable to find an answer. The only MS reference that I have found is:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/dfsfaq.mspx
Not specifically this issue but close.

The only work around that I have found is to remove the user's security rights at the "\\server\users" level and restore the access rights at the "\\server\users\%username%" level.

Don't know if this helped very much but this was the only answer that I have been able to find.

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