Re: [WinMac] sharing root level of partition

From: Tom Roth (tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 26 2000 - 10:50:50 PDT

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    I don't suppose you could be a little more specific then "flaky"? The
    reason I ask is that our NT Server's shared volumes are setup to share
    at the root. We have both Macintosh and WinNT clients, no 95 or 98.

    > Dan Schwartz wrote:
    >
    > Hi, Tom!
    >
    > Flaky things happen on the Mac clients when you share the root level of an NT
    > volume. I don't have an answer about the 95/98 clients, though.

    >> From: Tom Roth
    >>
    >> Dan,
    >> I've seen you and others say this before but why? Does this apply only
    >> to Mac volumes or PC shares as well?

    >>> Dan Schwartz wrote:
    >>>
    >>> Just do NOT share the root level of the volume (partition): If you
    >>> do, you'll have all sorts of problems. Instead, create a single
    >>> folder and share it instead.

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