NetShareAdd

The NetShareAdd function shares a server resource.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group or those with Communication, Print, or Server operator group membership can successfully execute NetShareAdd. The Print operator can add only Printer queues. The Communication operator can add only communication-device queues.

NET_API_STATUS NetShareAdd(
  LPWSTR servername, 
  DWORD level,       
  LPBYTE buf,        
  LPDWORD parm_err   
);

Parameters

servername
Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. A NULL pointer or string specifies the local computer.
level
Specifies one of the following values to set the level of information provided.
Value Meaning
2 The buf parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_2 structures.
502 The buf parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_502 structures.

buf
Pointer to the buffer in which the data set with the level parameter is stored.
parm_err
Optional pointer to a DWORD that contains the index of the first parameter that causes ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER. If NULL, the parameter is not returned on error.

Return Values

If the function returns account information, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.

Value Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED The user does not have access to the requested information.
ERROR_INVALID_LEVEL The value specified for the Level parameter is invalid.
ERROR_INVALID_NAME The character or file system name is invalid.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER The specified parameter is invalid.
NERR_DuplicateShare The sharename is already in use on this server.
NERR_RedirectedPath The operation is invalid for a redirected resource. The specified device name is assigned to a shared resource.
NERR_UnknownDevDir The device or directory does not exist.

QuickInfo

  Windows NT: Requires version 3.1 or later.
  Windows: Requires Windows 95 or later.
  Windows CE: Unsupported.
  Header: Declared in lmshare.h.
  Import Library: Use netapi32.lib (Windows NT) or svrapi.lib (Windows 95).

See Also

Networking (Net) Overview, Net Functions, NetShareDel