<div class="content"><p> </p><p>The DFS_INFO_8 structure contains information for a <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_639b7503-b879-4ef7-98a8-14adf85bc16d" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS root</a></span>
or a <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_0611e93d-f0e7-42ee-a591-d77ebcbb6619" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS
link</a></span>. </p><p>The DFS_INFO_8 structure has the following format.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> typedef struct _DFS_INFO_8 {
   [string] WCHAR* EntryPath;
   [string] WCHAR* Comment;
   DWORD State;
   unsigned long Timeout;
   GUID Guid;
   unsigned long PropertyFlags;
   unsigned long MetadataSize;
   ULONG SecurityDescriptorLength;
   [size_is(SecurityDescriptorLength)] 
     PUCHAR pSecurityDescriptor;
   DWORD NumberOfStorages;
 } DFS_INFO_8,
  *LPDFS_INFO_8;
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>EntryPath:</b>  A pointer to a DFS root
or a DFS link path.</p><p><b>Comment:</b>  A pointer to a
null-terminated <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_c305d0ab-8b94-461a-bd76-13b40cb8c4d8" data-linktype="relative-path">Unicode</a></span> string
containing a comment associated with the DFS root or DFS link that is for
informational purposes. This string has no protocol-specified restrictions on
length or content. The comment is meant for human consumption and does not
affect server functionality.</p><p><b>State:</b>  Refers to the State field of
<span><a href="a5dc283a-1fa7-4f09-a58a-0cfa3e5de625" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS_INFO_2</a></span>.
For more information, see section 2.2.3.2.</p><p><b>Timeout:</b>  The time-out, in seconds,
associated with the root or link and used in a <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_c6f2eabf-2138-4f97-a788-5d6a41a27bdd" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS referral</a></span>
response to a <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_c2787719-60e0-4b69-8efe-c33edf9b40b2" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS client</a></span>.</p><p><b>Guid:</b>  The <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_f49694cc-c350-462d-ab8e-816f0103c6c1" data-linktype="relative-path">GUID</a></span> of this root or
link.</p><p><b>PropertyFlags:</b>  Refers to the
PropertyFlags field of <span><a href="00691ea3-6542-44dc-8baf-200a7a747a1d" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS_INFO_5</a></span>. For
more information, see section 2.2.3.5.</p><p><b>MetadataSize:</b>  The size, in bytes,
of the <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_e8de88fd-d760-46fa-ad77-76961fa20aea" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS metadata</a></span> of the <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_6a3f0be9-b9b4-49df-9d1c-a3b89e4e9890" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS
namespace</a></span>. For a DFS link, this MUST be 0.</p><p><b>SecurityDescriptorLength:</b>  The
length, in bytes, of the buffer that the <b>pSecurityDescriptor</b> field
points to.</p><p><b>pSecurityDescriptor:</b>  A
self-relative security descriptor to be associated with a DFS link. For more
information on security descriptors, see <span><a href="../ms-dtyp/cca27429-5689-4a16-b2b4-9325d93e4ba2" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-DTYP]</a></span>
section <span><a href="../ms-dtyp/7d4dac05-9cef-4563-a058-f108abecce1d" data-linktype="relative-path">2.4.6</a></span>.</p><p><b>NumberOfStorages:</b>  The number of <span><a href="a9bc4403-a862-48b9-b99b-1b44a887d177#gt_a2c6d1c9-deea-427c-91ee-56f6e726eabd" data-linktype="relative-path">DFS
targets</a></span> for this root or link. The protocol imposes no restrictions
on the number of roots or links.</p></div>