\\host\root

[Kalt, Christophe]

this is a slight variant of what's in the FAQ
(http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/FAQ/#25) because i don't
understand why the answer provided there seems to miss the
entire point.
     
why does the "root" share exist at all?
it certainly isn't part of my smb.conf !

Am i missing the obvious?

what other hidden shares are there?
(didn't find anything in the doc about this one)