File and printer sharing

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A file and printer sharing , and shared folder or network share called, allows under Windows to access files and printers on the network .

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The actual implementation takes on the Windows component "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" ( Engl. " File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks "). This component uses - at least in home networks - the " Server Message Block Protocol " (SMB) from Microsoft for communication with other computers.

If a permanent connection is set up on a file share in the network , a network drive is created which, as a virtual drive, shows the folders and files of a server on the client as usual.

Alternatively, file shares can also be used without a network drive by using directories or files via the Uniform Naming Convention , i. H. in the form of \\servername\freigabename\dateinamebeing addressed directly.

The terms “file and printer sharing” or “file and print services” are also used in connection with other operating systems, especially if they also use the SMB network protocol . One example is the use of SMB by Linux using Samba .

literature

  • Klaus Dembowski: Local Networks. Handbook of complete network technology, Addison-Wesley Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8273-2573-0 .
  • Peter Klau: Hackers, crackers, data robbers. 1st edition, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Wiesbaden 2002, ISBN 978-3-528-05805-0 .
  • Peter Klau: Wireless LAN in practice. 1st edition, Friedrich Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Wiesbaden 2003, ISBN 978-3-528-05827-2 .
  • Christian Immler: The PC manual. Markt + Technik Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8272-4265-5 .
  • Stefan Hagenbuch, Gabriel Weber: Server and system administration. 1st edition, Compendio Bildungsmedien, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7155-9449-1 .
  • Axel Schemberg, Martin Linten: PC networks. 3rd edition, Galileo Press, Bonn 2006, ISBN 3-89842-750-1 .

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