Deleting a share

To delete shares, do either of the following:

From the Windows NT desktop, use Server Manager as described in the next section, "Using Server Manager to delete a share."
From the filer, use the cifs shares command, as described in "Using the cifs shares command to delete shares."

To delete a share from Server Manager, 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	In the Server Manager window for the filer, choose Computer > Shared Directories, then click the Properties button. Result The Share Properties window appears, as shown below.
5	Click Stop Sharing, then click OK. Result The folder is no longer shared.

To delete a share, use the cifs shares -delete command.

The cifs shares -delete command has the following syntax:

cifs shares -delete sharename

where sharename is the specific name of the share that you want to delete.

The following command deletes the share created by the cifs shares -add command described in "Creating a share with the cifs shares command."

cifs shares -delete library

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