I have a fairly good grasp on NT and CIFS and the like... but I am from the UNIX worls and just want someone to answer this for me once and all...

Is there any way to MOUNT a NetApp file server directly to an NT file system and access it like unix does with a /mnt directory?

I know about the menthod of mounting to NT via a drive letter... but you can't re-share that as a resource under that the NT file system CAN you?

You know.. like this: given that NetApp box="\barium\C$" and NT Server="\ntbox"

net use \ntbox\shares\share \barium\share net use \ntbox\shares\winapps \barium\winapps

I know this is probably not possible.. but ya never know if you dont' ask.. it just seems that if the netapp box could be treated as a raw storage unit like this, that it would greatly simplify matters (regarding all the ACL problems).

Anyone wanna tell me exactly why things can't be done like this?

Thomas Weeks GTE SYSTEMS ENGINEER Testing-Integration Center "The Pit" Brooks AFB, DSN 240-5444