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Figure 6-16 The Open Files node

The Shared Folders snap-in is useful for monitoring how much a server's shares are being
used and by whom. You can also use this tool to see whether any files are being accessed over
the network before shutting down the server or otherwise interrupting server access. You can
also check the Idle Time column in the Sessions node to see whether a user is actively using shares
on the server (a short idle time) or simply has a share open but hasn't accessed any files for a
while (a longer idle time).
You can view and change a share's properties by double-clicking it in the Shares node. You
can't change the share's name or the folder location, but you can change the user limit, offline
settings, share permissions, and NTFS permissions. In addition, you can publish a share in Active
Directory or change the publish options of a published share. In Chapter 3, you used the Shared
Folders snap-in to create and publish a share.

Activity 6-15: Publishing and Monitoring Access to a Share

Time Required: 15 minutes
Objective: Monitor access to shared folders.
Description: After creating the Marketing share, you want users to be able to find it in Active
Directory, so you decide to publish it. In addition, you want to see how the Sessions and Open
Files nodes in the Shared Folders snap-in work.
1. Log on to your server as Administrator, if necessary.
2. Open the Computer Management MMC, click to expand the Shared Folders snap-in, and
then click the Shares node.
3. In the right pane, right-click the Marketing share and click Properties . Click the Publish tab.
Click the Publish this share in Active Directory check box, and type Marketing documents
in the Description text box.
4. Click the Edit button. In the Edit Keywords dialog box, type marketing and click Add , type
advertising and click Add , and then type sales and click Add . Click OK . Users can now find
this share by using these keywords. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box, and leave
the Computer Management window open.
5. Log on to the domain from your Vista computer as advuser1 with Password02 . Click Start ,
Network .