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by manuel_1000

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I am trying to share a folder between PC's on an NT 4.0 network but for some reason when try to share the C: or D: drive using the $ sign admin share I do not have the sharing option on the menu unless I am logged in as administrator and, when I logback in as regular network user neither the share nor the sharing option is available.
I think this problem happened after installing the latest NT 4.0 service pack (6a)because I used to do this before.
Can anybody help me solve this problem to acomplish this task?
Thanks.

Manuel Rodriguez.

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by jason.barnett

Manuel,

The default behaviour of NT4 is to share each local drive letter as C$, D$ etc, with permissions to those in the local administrators group. Therefore you cannot add a second share with the same name (share names must be unique within a macine).

Try sharing the drives with a different share name appending a $ if you need them to remain hidden e.g. C_Drive$, D_Drive$ etc.

Regards,

JB.

by karell ste-marie mcse

Manuel,

You cannot share resources unless you are an administrator of the machine, that's why you don't see the option.

You can't use the share \\machine_name\c$ for the same reason, it's for administrators only.

If you want to use those shares, you can either (as admin) go into the share and change it to give permission to someone to access it. OR you can give admin permission to that person.

I suggest that you create independent shares as Microsoft recommends and that those sharesbe segmented and proper permissions be given.

If you really *need* to use these shares (in some cases you simply do) then give admin rights to the user account that needs to access it, but be ready to deal with the fact that this person will havetotal server control and permissions.

Regards,

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