We have, at the moment, over 23 mapped network shares, and we are running out of letters. Each network share is nothing else than a folder on a file server (CIFS).
We're thinking of mapping one letter to a root network share (which is on file server) where all folders are and use ACL. Depending on his security group user can see certain folders and he cannot see others.
What should be the proper way of using these shares?
Best Answer
I'm not sure what you're looking for in the question; normally it shouldn't matter if you can see the parent folder, but if you have access to it or not. All you'd do, if the server is NT-based, is change the security so only a particular group has any access, and remove anyone else in the security list. Even if someone sees "ted-confidential" as a folder, clicking on it would yield an error message.
That's always been the simplest method to use in our organization, and simpler usually means less hassle with maintenance down the road.