Posted On July 16, 2020

PowerShell: Create SMB Share and Grant NTFS Access

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$localPath="C:\testShare"
$fullAccessAccounts='everyone','authenticated users'

function createSmbShare($localPath,$fullAccessAccounts){
    $ErrorActionPreference='stop'
    try{
        # First, create SMB Share
        $smbShareName=split-path $localPath -leaf
        New-SmbShare -Name $smbShareName -Path $localPath -FullAccess $fullAccessAccounts

        # Second, set NTFS permissions
        $acl = Get-ACL $localPath
        foreach($account in $fullAccessAccounts){
            $allowFullAccesss=New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($account,"Full","Allow")
            $acl.AddAccessRule($allowFullAccesss)
            }
        Set-Acl $localPath $acl
        write-host "\\$env:computername\$smbShareName has been created with full access granted to these users $fullAccessAccounts"
        }
    catch{
        write-warning $Error[0].Exception.Message
        return $false
        }
}

createSmbShare $localPath $fullAccessAccounts

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