•
Click on the
START
button
•
Point to
PROGRAMS
•
Point to
ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS
•
Click on
ACTIVE DIRECTORY USERS AND COMPUTERS
•
Right-click the
ORGANIZATIONAL UNIT
where you want to publish the shared folder
•
Point to
NEW
•
Click
SHARED FOLDER
•
In the
SHARED FOLDER NAME
box, type the name of the folder
•
In the
UNC PATH
box, type the UNC path of the shared folder that you want to publish
in Active Directory
Note: The UNC path is the complete Windows Server 2003 name of a network
resource that conforms to the \\servername\sharename syntax.
After you publish a shared folder, you can add a description, which can provide more information about the
shared folder, and keywords, which are a list of words that you can define for the shared folder object, to
make it easier for users to locate the folder. To add a description and keywords to the shared folder objects:
•
Click on the
START
button
•
Point to
PROGRAMS
•
Point to
ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS
•
Click on
ACTIVE DIRECTORY USERS AND COMPUTERS
•
Right-click the
SHARED FOLDER
•
Click on
PROPERTIES
•
In the
DESCRIPTION
box, type the description for the shared folder
•
Click
KEYWORDS
•
In the
KEYWORDS
box, type keywords that facilitates searching for this folder
•
Click
ADD
•
Click
CLOSE
Once a shared folder has been published, you can move the published folder to another container or
organizational unit by moving the shared folder object, which contains information or references the shared
folder, in Active Directory. The physical location of the shared folder does not change.
3.4.7.3 Setting Up and Managing Published Shared Folders