Microsoft KB Archive/234582

= Publishing a Shared Folder in Windows 2000 Active Directory =

Article ID: 234582

Article Last Modified on 2/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

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This article was previously published under Q234582



SUMMARY
You can publish any shared network folder, including a distributed file system (Dfs) folder, in Active Directory. Creating a Shared folder object in Active Directory does not automatically share the folder. It is a two-step process; you must first share the folder, and then publish it in Active Directory.



MORE INFORMATION
To share a folder:
 * 1) Use Windows Explorer or the command prompt to create a new folder named TestShare on one of your disks.
 * 2) In Windows Explorer, right-click the folder, click Properties, click the Sharing tab, and then click Shared As.
 * 3) In the Share Name box, type TestShare.
 * 4) Click OK.
 * 5) Populate the folder with files such as documents, spreadsheets, or presentations.

To publish the shared folder in Active Directory:
 * 1) Click Start, click Run, type dsa.msc, and then click OK to start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
 * 2) Double-click the Domain object, and then select the Organizational Unit (OU) in which you want to publish the share, or create a new OU. (To create a new OU, right-click the Domain object, point to New, and then click Organizational Unit. Name the New OU TestOU.)
 * 3) Click OK.
 * 4) Right-click the TestOU organizational unit, or the OU you selected, point to New, and then click Shared Folder.
 * 5) In the Name box, type Published Test Share.
 * 6) In the UNC Path box, type \\ \TestShare . For example, type \\Server. .com\TestShare or \\server\TestShare.
 * 7) If you want to publish a Dfs root, type \\ \ . For example, type \\ .com\.

For additional information about Dfs, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

241452 Installing the Distributed File System on Windows 2000

Users can see this volume while browsing Active Directory. To browse Active Directory:
 * 1) On the desktop, double-click Network Neighborhood or My Network Places.
 * 2) Double-click Entire Network.
 * 3) Click Entire Contents.
 * 4) Double-click Directory.
 * 5) Double-click the domain name, and then double-click TestOU.
 * 6) To view the files in the volume, either right-click the Published TestShare volume and then click Open, or double-click Published TestShare.

To search Active Directory for published shares:
 * 1) On the desktop, double-click Network Neighborhood or My Network Places.
 * 2) Double-click Entire Network.
 * 3) Click Entire Contents.
 * 4) Double-click Directory.
 * 5) Right-click the domain, and then click Find.
 * 6) In the Find box, click Shared Folders.
 * 7) In the Named box, type the name of the shared folder you want to find.
 * 8) Click Find Now.
 * 9) To view the files in the volume, either right-click the Published TestShare volume and then click Open, or double-click Published TestShare.

To publish a share with a VBScript you can modify the following code:

'==========================================================================

' AUTHOR: Stuart Hudman, Microsoft PSS

' DATE : 1st March 2001

' KEYWORDS : AD publish file share

'==========================================================================

Dim shareloc, ou, vol

Set ou = GetObject("LDAP://OU=testou, DC=domainname,DC=com")

'The cn below needs to be specified as it is a mandatory attribute

Set vol = ou.Create("volume", "cn=Sales Share")

'Below are the variables to point and describe the actual share point

shareloc = "\\servername\sharelocation"

desc = "This stores all docs for the Sales employees"

vol.Put "uncName", shareloc

vol.Put "Description", desc

vol.SetInfo

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