the concept is similar to that of printer objects in AD:
you you don't create printer queues in an OU (or as child-objects of servers) -
instead you create a reference to an existing printer queue on a server - this
reference is stored in a printer object; basically Active
_Directory_ can act as a "central repository" of
all printers available in a network, which allows you easy searching for
printers (e.g. to find those close to you when you're located in a specific
subnet or those that have a specific feature, such as duplex printing or color
etc.)
Similarly, you don't create shares in an OU - instead you
create a shared folder object which contains a reference to an existing share on
a server. AD could again be used as a "central repository" of all shares
available on all servers in the network.
While the first example (printer objects) has been adapted
quite well, I hardly find companies that see much value in using the shared
volume objects.
I'd say this is basically due to the fact that AD as a
"search engine" for printers is integrated in the printer-install UI on
Win2000/XP clients and there is no similar search-engine for shared folder
objects (you'd have to use LDAP queries or build you own UI). Also,
it's likely due to the nature of the objects they represent: printers are output
devices which can and should be used by most people in a company (although
you can still restrict printing to expensive devices via permissions on the
printer queue and via their object's visibility in AD). Shares however are
used to make data available to a select group of people - you don't really want
users "sniffing" for available shares in the network. Instead you want to
control which user mounts which share to do their work (often controlled via
logon-scripts).
hope this clarifies some of the things you're wondering
about
/Guido
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rimmerman, Russ
Sent: Montag, 27. Juni 2005 22:39
To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
Subject: [ActiveDir] Creating share object in an OU
What's
the purpose of being able to create shares beneath an OU versus just having a
share on a file server? How will the users see the share in the OU?
Whats the advantages and disadvantages of creating the share in an OU versus
just having it exist on a fileserver?
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