--=-k60SYIVombT44C48oB5r Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Way back when, before my life was completely rid of windows file sharing, it was P that was the shared drive and H was the home directory. There was also a U drive that had all the users but only "you" could access "your" directory but that was with w2k and AD. On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 15:07, Chris Gehlker wrote: > I'm installing a nice Linux database server for some folks on hardware=20 > that is currently running an NT 4 file/print server. Naturally they=20 > want to keep their file and print services so I need Samba on the Linux=20 > machine. I've been messing with Samba at home and I think I've mastered=20 > it. It really seems to be very easy to set up. >=20 > There is one thing that I simply can't remember from my brief sentence=20 > in the windows world and that is the convention for 'p' and 'm' drives.=20 > I remember that one is supposed to be mapped to the users home=20 > directory and the other is supposed to be mapped to a shared directory=20 > but I can't for the life of me remember which is which. I did Google=20 > for it but I found one reference that said 'p' is for public drive and=20 > 'm' is the other one while a different reference said 'p' is for=20 > private drive and m is the other one. I couldn't find anything from a=20 > source that could be considered authoritative. I guess this is just=20 > something that Windows users know. >=20 > What is the real convention, if there is one? Can anyone satisfy my=20 > curiosity as to why it's 'p' and 'm'? >=20 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --=20 Bryce C CoBryce Communications --=-k60SYIVombT44C48oB5r Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/iIX8/wbq/C6yyPcRArjSAJ9EHy2BYZ1uZA6tpoLw7wNwWK/hpQCfZRQH yUB22z26xnd7ZTHM9FBn4sY= =cq6W -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-k60SYIVombT44C48oB5r--