NetShareGetInfo info Overview Group

The NetShareGetInfo function retrieves information about a particular shared resource on a server.

Windows 95:
This function is exported by SVRAPI.DLL. Therefore, link your application with SVRAPI.LIB.

Security Requirements

Only members of the Administrators or Account Operators local group or those with Communication, Print, or Server operator group membership can successfully execute NetShareGetInfo at level 2. No special group membership is required for calls in SHARE_INFO_0 and SHARE_INFO_1.

NET_API_STATUS NetShareGetInfo(

LPTSTR servername,
LPTSTR netname,
DWORD level,
LPBYTE *bufptr
);

Parameters

servername

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the name of the remote server on which the function is to execute. A NULL pointer or string specifies the local computer.

netname

Pointer to a Unicode string containing the network name of the share on which to return information.

level

Specifies one of the following values to return the level of information provided.

Value	Meaning
0	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_0 structures.
1	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_1 structures.
2	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_2 structures.
502	The bufptr parameter points to an array of SHARE_INFO_502 structures.

bufptr

Pointer to the buffer in which the data set with the level parameter is stored.

Return Values

If the function returns account information, the return value is NERR_Success.

If the function fails, the return value is one of the following error codes.

Value	Meaning

ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	The user does not have access to the requested information.
ERROR_INVALID_LEVEL	The value specified for the Level parameter is invalid.
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER	The specified parameter is invalid.
ERROR_MORE_DATA	More entries are available with subsequent calls.
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY	Insufficient memory is available.
NERR_BufTooSmall	The supplied buffer is too small.
NERR_NetNameNotFound	The sharename does not exist.

Remarks

You need to free the memory pointed to by bufptr. Use the NetAPIBufferFree function to free the pointer.