Subj : Network Notwork
To   : Ky Moffet
From : Barry Martin
Date : Mon Jun 24 2019 11:38:00


Hi Ky!
-=> KY MOFFET wrote to ALL <=-

 KM> So I have this collection of random PCs on a Windows workgroup.
 KM> Objective: share the root of the drive.

 KM> WinXP -- no problem, can share the root of a drive, and
 KM> everything on it is accessable (except the Windows directory
 KM> itself). XP64 -- no problem, ditto.
 KM> Win7Pro and Win10somerandomrelease -- go through the motions but
 KM> nothing happens, even when I'm using the hidden admin account. I
 KM> can share a directory, but not the root (of any drive, not just
 KM> the boot drive). Root shows as shared, but variously swears at
 KM> intruders and won't let them see anything, or asks for login
 KM> credentials, which don't exist. (The homegroup password that it
 KM> concocted does not work. Besides, this is not using the
 KM> Homegroup.) The XP boxen firmly believe there is a share named
 KM> "C" (which should be C root) but that gets a big Keep Out.
 KM> However they can see /Users/Public.

You've probably seen these in your Googling but:


https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/h
ow-do-i-share-the-root-of-a-hardrive-in-win7/2cc58f0d-fcf6-4f81-be00-012
15d8fbb33
  


Why does everyone assume that the implications of sharing the root of a 
drive are unknown. I get it. I understan it. But, yes.... I want to 
share the root of my drives. It is like a big giant microsoft diaclaimer
everytime I hear it.

So I figured it out. Finally!!!!!

OK, this is the problem with Windows 7: I had ownership of the drive on 
the local machine (default), but that is not enough. I had to give 
"everyone" ownership of the drive for other computers to access it. That
means logging-in through the network from another machine to the Win7 
computer, you have ownership as "everyone" and therefore, permission to 
access the drive.

So, here is what I did. Right click on the hardrive from windows 
explorer. Go to properties. Click on Security. Click edit. Add 
"everyone" to the group and assign the permissions you want. Then go to 
sharing and share the drive as you would normally. The root of the drive
will now be accessible over the network.

I understand it now, but this is very poorly explained in every document
I read. I spent hour researching this and can't understand why MS has 
made it so diffucult to share a drive over a network. Totally absurd.


Hope this helps out others trying to do the same thing. In a small home 
network, It is very common/necessary to share multiple drives at the c:\
root.

 
- - - - 
Another option for Windows 7 at   
https://icetips.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200918088-Share-the-root-o
f-the-bootup-drive-in-Windows-7

- - - -
Something for Windows 10:
https://www.tenforums.com/network-sharing/106927-cant-share-entire-drive
..html
 
Two not-so-intuitive items in there:

(1) Each pcs connection needs to be set to private not public. 
(2) Yep found it. The sharing of the drive sets the permissions for 
"Everyone" in sharing, but the root drive doesn't have "Everyone" 
included in it's security settings, so there is a conflict. I had to add
an "Everyone" to the drive root settings and bingo - suddenly the 
sharing worked.

And here's something from the last post:

    I think it started with Vista - even if you are an administrator you
    connect with standard user credentials. By default the root of
    drives grants administrators group full access and users only read.

    You can change this (and so bypass UAC by connecting using
    administrators group authority) by setting
    LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy registry key to "1" as described here

   https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/951016/description-of-user-
   account-control-and-remote-restrictions-in-windows
   
Hope something up there is somewhat useful for you!

BTW, with Ubuntu 18.04 I had found for some of the mounts to hardware
using older version of SAMBA I needed to add ",vers=1.00"  prior to 
the 0 0 at the very end of the line in fstab.  (Didn't need in 16.04.)



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