NetShareAdd

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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
No
Win32s
No
Import Library
netapi32.lib
Header File
lmshare.h
Unicode
WinNT
Platform Notes
All LanMan APIs are UNICODE only

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(

LPTSTR 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.