Displaying a filer's shares

Ways to share folders

If you want to create a folder to be shared by CIFS clients, do one of the following:

Using Server Manager to display a filer's shares

To display a filers's shares with Server Manager and get detailed information, follow these steps.

Step Action
1 Open Server Manager by choosing it from the Start menu.
2 From the Server Manager Computer menu, choose Select Domain.
Result
The Select Domain window opens.
3 In the Select Domain window, select the filer you want by typing its UNC name, for example, \\FILERNAME, in the Domain field, then clicking OK.
Result:
A Server Manager window for the filer appears.
4 Choose Computer > Shared Directories.
Result
The Shared Directories window appears.

5 To get additional details about a share, double-click a share name.
Result
The Share Properties window appears.

Using the cifs shares command to display a filer's shares

To display the filer's list of shares from the filer's command line, use the cifs shares command.

Command syntax

The syntax is as follows:

cifs shares
Example of displaying a filer's shares

The following example shows a filer's shares:

cifs shares

Name         Mount Point                       Description

----         -----------                       -----------

HOME         /vol/muffin/home                  Default Share

                        everyone / Full Control

                        techpubs{g} / Full Control

C$           /vol/muffin                       Remote Administration

                        everyone / Full Control

                        BUILTIN\Administrators / Full Control

openhome     /vol/muffin/writers_home          readable home dirs

             ... user limit=1200

             ... forcegroup=techpubs

                        everyone / --x

                        techpubs{g} / r-x

stock        /vol/muffin                       Not half-baked

             ... user limit=10

                        everyone / Full Control

flour        /vol/muffin/blueberry             Flour power

                        everyone / Full Control

sesame       /vol/bagels/                      

                        everyone / Full Control

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