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Asked: 2012-11-02 08:26:59 +0800 CST

Daisy chain shared folder in Windows?

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Is it possible to daisy chain a shared folder in Windows? As in:

Machine A only has permission to talk to B, and A is sharing a folder to B. C wants a file in A's shared directory. Can B re-share the directory from A and serve it to C?

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  1. I didn't try this myself (yet) but that's what I found elsewhere when researching the exact same question:

    > MKLINK /D C:\WDTV \\W2008R2\Media
> NET Share Media=C:\WDTV

    Source: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/windows-7/78598-re-sharing-mapped-shared-drive.html

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  2. Best Answer

    I've never seen or heard of this so at first blush I'd have to say that it isn't possible. B can't share a non-local resource, nor can it "reshare" a share on A that it's connected to.

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  3. Nope. There is no way to "re-share" a share in Windows. In Linux + SAMBA, there are hundreds of ways of accomplishing this. The only way to give the illusion of something similar, is to make use of DFS Links and a common namespace. In 99% of cases, this is WAAAAY more work to setup and maintain than simply directly mapping to a specific server.

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