Re: File shares and IFS

You have to use file shares for someone on Windows to see the directories in 
the IFS. You set up shares with Navigator but, IMO, no one should use Navigator 
to view files through these shares - instead, they should use Windows Explorer 
with either a mapped drive or use the network name of the iSeries and go from 
there, just like any other Windows networking setup. In fact, except for folks 
that need to administer NetServer (the thing that provides Windows networking), 
I might even remove that function from users on their PCs.

You can put security on directories and their contents, someone suggested. Then 
these users would be authenticated with OS/400 security and could go only where 
you let them go.

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> Hello. 
> 
> I have what I think is a simply fixed problem, but I do not know the 
> solution. We are setting up archiving on our ISeries for our invoices. We 
> have created PDFs from them, and right now I am storing them in a 
> subdirectory off the ROOT directory and I am creating shortcuts through 
> Windows Network Neighborhood for the users. I am keenly aware that this is 
> not the most secure way to do this, more likely it is the least secure way. 
> I have read some posts about file shares through ISeries Navigator. What I 
> am seeking is the absolute most secure way to have the users access these 
> files. With the setup the way it is now, any one of them could navigate 
> up a level and have access to the ROOT directory itself, which I don't 
> want. I just want them to be able to have access to the one directory 
> where these files reside, and that is ALL. No ability to navigate up a 
> level, nothing like that at all. Is file shares the way to go for this, 
> and if so, is it possible to set these up so it is just a shortcut on the 
> desktop instead of having the users open up ISeries Navigator each time? 
> Please advise. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! 
> 
> Bill Howie 
> Programmer/Analyst 
> Coastal Pet Products, Inc. 
> Voice: 330-821-7363 x359 
> bill.howie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx