Limit on length of share name?

[Daryl Williams]

hi john,

i have run in to this limitation as wel, although i had
thought it was 13 characters not 12. it only affects
top level share names, anything below that can
be longer.

//daryl

"John H. Blake" wrote:

> I apologize if this is a FAQ.  I've searched the documentation but
> haven't found the answer.
>
> Is there a hard-coded limit on the number of characters in a share
> name?  I have a user who wants a share called "RDProjectTracking".
> However, I can only get it to work if I truncate the name to twelve (12)
> characters (or fewer).  Interestingly, the longer name shows up in
> browsing, but I get a "The network name cannot be found" message when I
> try to browse (or connect to) the share.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
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 Daryl Williams
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