Browseable=no doesn't work properly?

Simon Murcott simonmu at optimation.co.nz
Sun Jul 4 20:16:59 GMT 1999


On Sat, 3 Jul 1999, Gregory Leblanc wrote:

   Who would that make any difference at all?  This isn't NT, so it doesn't
   NEED to have a $ on the end, because that just sets a flag in the registry
   that marks that share as one that isn't broadcast.

No, a share name with a $ on the end is broadcast. It is just that windows
clients will not display it in a listing of shares.

Try using "smbclient -L ntserver -U%" all of the shares that end in a $ as well
as the ones that don't.

Regards

Simon Murcott

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