<div class="content"><p> </p><p>The NetrShareCheck method checks whether a <span><a href="1709f6a7-efb8-4ded-b7ae-5cee9ee36320#gt_434b0234-e970-4e8c-bdfa-e16a30d96703" data-linktype="relative-path">server</a></span>
is sharing a device.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> NET_API_STATUS NetrShareCheck(
   [in, string, unique] SRVSVC_HANDLE ServerName,
   [in, string] WCHAR* Device,
   [out] DWORD* Type
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>ServerName: </b>An <span><a href="5f8329ee-1965-4ea1-ad35-3b29fbb63232" data-linktype="relative-path">SRVSVC_HANDLE (section 2.2.1.1)</a></span>
pointer that identifies the server. The <span><a href="1709f6a7-efb8-4ded-b7ae-5cee9ee36320#gt_60e0e1fa-66fe-41e1-b5e3-ceab97e53506" data-linktype="relative-path">client</a></span> MUST map this
structure to an RPC binding handle (see <span><a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89824" data-linktype="external">[C706]</a></span> sections
4.3.5 and 5.1.5.2). The server MUST ignore this parameter.</p><p><b>Device: </b>A pointer to a null-terminated UTF-16
string that specifies the name of the device to check for shared access.</p><p><b>Type: </b>A pointer to a DWORD that receives the
type of the shared device. This parameter is set only if the method returns
successfully. On success, the server MUST set this parameter as specified in
section <span><a href="6069f8c0-c93f-43a0-a5b4-7ed447eb4b84" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2.2.4</a></span>, except
that STYPE_SPECIAL is not returned.</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>The method returns 0x00000000
(NERR_Success) to indicate success; otherwise, it returns a nonzero error code.
The method can take any specific error code value, as specified in <span><a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a></span>
section <span><a href="../ms-erref/18d8fbe8-a967-4f1c-ae50-99ca8e491d2d" data-linktype="relative-path">2.2</a></span>.
The most common error codes are listed in the following table.</p><dl>
<dd>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Return value/code</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x00000000</p>
  <p>NERR_Success</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The client request succeeded.</p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x00000008</p>
  <p>ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>Not enough storage is available to process this
  command.</p>
  </td>
 </tr><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x00000907</p>
  <p>NERR_DeviceNotShared</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>The device is not shared.</p>
  </td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</dd></dl><p>In response to a NetrShareCheck request, the server MUST
scan through the <b>ShareList</b>. For each <span><a href="1709f6a7-efb8-4ded-b7ae-5cee9ee36320#gt_a49a79ea-dac7-4016-9a84-cf87161db7e3" data-linktype="relative-path">share</a></span>, if <b>Share.LocalPath</b>,
as specified in <span><a href="../ms-smb2/5606ad47-5ee0-437a-817e-70c366052962" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-SMB2]</a></span>
section <span><a href="../ms-smb2/6fe086cf-40ad-49d8-93c5-14b8c8a7b2d9" data-linktype="relative-path">3.3.1.6</a></span>
or <span><a href="../ms-cifs/d416ff7c-c536-406e-a951-4f04b2fd1d2b" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-CIFS]</a></span>
section <span><a href="../ms-cifs/bc0e0b5e-43af-467a-81ed-a2b55647640f" data-linktype="relative-path">3.3.1.2</a></span>,
points to the device or volume specified by the caller, the server MUST return
the type of the matching device in the <i>Type</i> parameter. The type can be
one of the values that are listed in Share Types (section 2.2.2.4).
In response to a NetrShareCheck message, the server MUST check whether it is sharing
a device and return a response to the client.</p><p>The <i>Device</i> parameter specifies the name of the shared
device to check for. The server MUST enumerate the active shared devices, and
if it finds a match to the <i>Device</i> parameter, the server MUST return the type
of the matching device in the <i>Type</i> parameter. The type can be one of the
values that are listed in Share Types. The server MUST set the
STYPE_CLUSTER_FS, STYPE_CLUSTER_SOFS, and STYPE_CLUSTER_DFS bits of the <i>Type</i>
parameter to zero; the client MUST ignore them on receipt.</p><p>If no match is found, the server MUST fail the call by using
an NERR_DeviceNotShared error code.</p><p>The server does not enforce any security measures when it
processes this call. </p></div>