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Subject:
Create a network drive in Windows Small Business Server 2003
Category: Computers > Operating Systems Asked by: discorick-ga List Price: $12.00 |
Posted:
12 Jan 2006 09:43 PST
Expires: 11 Feb 2006 09:43 PST Question ID: 432481 |
How do you create a network drive in Windows Small Business Server 2003? At an older place of employment we had a network drive (an "I:" drive), that users could put files in and make folders. I would like to do this with a newly installed SBS 2003. Client computers can create a network drive on their my shared folders, but the server cannot see it. I tried going to tools->Map drive, but no folder appears to let me do it. How can I create a drive so that all users can put files into it and all users can see it? |
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Re: Create a network drive in Windows Small Business Server 2003
From: jebediahtbone-ga on 25 Jan 2006 21:51 PST |
On the server, make the folder (or browse to it if it already exists) that you want to use. This will be where all the data is stored. Let's say on the C:\ we make the folder "share" (C:\share). Right-click "share" and select the sharing and security option from the context menu. On the window that pops up, select the "security" tab. In that tab, you can select your users and the appropriate permissions for them. Following that, your users can then map the drive from their machine. So, if the SBS2003 server is named "SBS_Server", they would map \\SBS_Server\share and it will show up as a shared drive in their OS. DO NOT share the root C: itself. Only share a subfolder of C:\. If you don't set your permissions correctly and share the root, you may give your users more access to critical OS files than you intended. Bad things will happen as your users start snooping around. references: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325361 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=324067 -JtB |
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