[PATCH] Add variable to define if a share should be hidden.

[David Collier-Brown]

Andreas Schneider wrote:
> David Collier-Brown wrote:
> 
>> Can you expand on this just a bit?  I interpret you as saying that
>> MS returns information about shares, but marks ones ending in $ as
>> STYPE_DISKTREE_HIDDEN, so browsers can decide to show/not show them.
>>
> 
> If you create a share with a $ at the end (foo$) on a Microsoft system, 
> then it is of the type STYPE_DISKTREE.
> If you do the same on a Samba system the share is of the type 
> STYPE_DISKTREE_HIDDEN. This is wrong.

Aha!  Now the light bulb over my head glows dimly (;))
Thanks!

--dave
> 
> Only ADMIN$ (root folder) IPC$ PRINT$ and partiontions (like C$, D$) 
> have the STYPE_DISKTREE_HIDDEN flag set on Windows.
> 
> If a share has the STYPE_HIDDEN flag set, you're not able to change 
> permissons or something like that. As far as I understand they are 
> administrative shares which can't be changed.
> 
> See:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_share
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314984
> http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/WindowsNT/RegistryTips/Hide/HiddenWindowsNTAdministrativeSharesCD.html 
> 
> 
> 
>> Do they have anything like browseable = No, or do they _always_ return
>> all shares?
>>
> 
> I don't think that windows has a feature like 'browseable'.
> 
> 
>> If so, the two variables don't overlap, and it's merely tricky code,
>> nothing new for MS (;-))
> 
> 
> The intention of 'hidden = Yes' is to be able to create shares like 'C$'.
> 
>>
>> --dave (being the anal janitor) c-b
> 
> 
>     -- andreas
> 
> 

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