Windows Shares
About Shares
A shared resource, or share, is a local resource on a server that is accessible to Windows clients on the network. On a NAS server, it is typically a file volume or a
Note – Shares and directories are independent entities. Removing a share does not affect the underlying directory.
Shares are used to provide network access to home directories on a network file server. Each user is assigned a home directory within a file volume. A share is then created to let that user assign their home directory as a network drive on a client workstation. For example, a volume vol1 may contain a home directory named home, and subdirectories for users bob and sally. The shares would be defined as follows:
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Share Name | Directory Path |
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bob | /vol1/home/bob |
sally | /vol1/home/sally |
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If manually defining and maintaining a home directory share for each Windows user is inconvenient, you may want to use the autohome feature. Autohome shares are temporary shares created when a user logs on to the system and removed when the user logs off.
Static shares are persistent resources that remain defined regardless of whether or not users are attached to the server. Autohome shares are temporary shares created when a user logs on to the system and removed when the user logs off. See “About Autohome Shares” on page 41 for more information.
