Sharing a Folder Locally

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To share a folder locally, meaning that you are sitting at the workstation that holds the folder you would like to share, right-click on the folder and choose the Sharing option. This brings up the properties of the folder, with the focus on the Sharing tab (see Figure 3.8).

To locally create a shared folder, complete the following steps:

1.	Click on the Shared As radio button.
2.	Enter the Share Name you would like to use. (Remember that DOS and Windows 3.x clients cannot access share names longer than 8 characters.)
3.	Optionally, enter in a comment to describe this shared resource.
4.	Optionally, set a user limit for the number of simultaneous connections.

Windows NT Workstation has a built-in limit of 10 inbound network connections. Selecting a higher number in the User Limit section does not increase this number.

5.	Assign permissions to the shared folder.