NetShareGetInfo

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

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.

Remarks

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

See Also

NetShareSetInfo