Windows Net Command to Manage Network Share

​The NET Command is used to manage File Shares, Printer Shares and sessions as follows:

Display a local share:
NET SHARE sharename
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Display a list of computers in the current domain:
NET VIEW

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To see a list of shares on a remote computer:
NET VIEW \\ComputerName
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To see a list of all shares in the domain:
NET VIEW /DOMAIN
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To see a list of shares on a different domain:
NET VIEW /DOMAIN:domainname
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To see a list of shares on a remote Netware computer:
NET VIEW /NETWORK:NW [\\ComputerName]

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Create a new local file share:
NET SHARE sharename=drive:path /REMARK:"text" [/CACHE:Manual | Automatic | No ]

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Limit the number of users who can connect to a share:
NET SHARE sharename /USERS:number /REMARK:"text"

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Remove any limit on the number of users who can connect to a share:
NET SHARE sharename /UNLIMITED /REMARK:"text"
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Delete a share:
NET SHARE {sharename | devicename | drive:path} /DELETE

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Delete all shares that apply to a given device:
NET SHARE devicename /DELETE
In this case the devicename can be a printer (Lpt1) or a pathname (C:\Docs\)

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Join a file share (Drive MAP)
Using Command:NET USE

Display all the open shared files on a server and the lock-id:
NET FILE
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Close a shared file (disconnect other users and remove file locks):
NET FILE id /CLOSE
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List all sessions connected to this machine:
NET SESSION
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List sessions from a given machine:
NET SESSION \\ComputerName
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Disconnect all sessions connected to this machine:
NET SESSION /DELETE
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Disconnect all sessions connected to this machine (without any prompts):
NET SESSION /DELETE /y
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Disconnect sessions from a given machine:
NET SESSION \\ComputerName /DELETE

NET SESSION displays incoming connections only, in other words it must be run on the machine that is acting as the server.
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To create file shares, File and Printer sharing must be enabled on the (server) computer.

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