Volume Mount Points

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I am having trouble understanding the difference or similarity of volume
mount points and mapped network drives. It seems to me that they are similar
only I don't understand why you would use a volume mount point instead of
just using a mapped network drive. Why would one use a mapped network drive
vs a volume mount point?

Laura
 
CombatSeabee said:
I am having trouble understanding the difference or similarity of volume
mount points and mapped network drives. It seems to me that they are similar
only I don't understand why you would use a volume mount point instead of
just using a mapped network drive. Why would one use a mapped network drive
vs a volume mount point?
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Volume mount points are for local drives only and
always point to the root folder of the drive's file
system.

Mapped network drives are for network shares, so I
see no choice here. The only thing you could do is
to create a network drive on a local share but what
should this be good for?

The third type is a subst drive. It defines a drive
letter that can point to any point at any drive.

Volume mount points exist for all users while network
and subst drives exist in the context of the user who
created them only.


Uwe
 
Hello Uwe,

I am still having trouble understanding your explanation. If Volume Mount
Points are for local drives only then how could they "exist for all users"?
I do understand what you mean by subst drives and network folders, I think
you are saying that they fall under NTFS permissions right? So then do you
mean that Volume Mounts Points do not provide NTFS permissions? If this is
what you mean then can anyone on the network see and use these mount points?

Laura
 
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