Posted On July 16, 2020

PowerShell: Create SMB Share and Grant NTFS Access

kimconnect 0 comments
blog.KimConnect.com >> Codes >> PowerShell: Create SMB Share and Grant NTFS Access
$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

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Post

PowerShell: Microsoft Dynamics Update All Organizations

# updateCrmOrgs.ps1 function updateCrmOrgs{ try{ Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Crm.Powershell $servers=Get-CrmServer $highestVersion=($servers.Version|measure-object -Maximum).Maximum $lowVersionServers=$servers|?{[version]$_.Version -lt [version]$highestVersion} if($lowVersionServers){ write-warning…

PowerShell: Perform DISM Restore Health on Remote Servers

# This script will use a Windows ISO image to Repair Remote Computers$isoPath="\\FILESHERVER007\F$\Windows_Server_2016_Datacenter_EVAL_en-us_14393_refresh.ISO"$remoteComputers="TESTKOMPUTER","TESTKOMPUTER2"function restoreServerHealth($iso){ #…

Python Language Condensed

Strings # declare variable stringsomeString = "Hoy Matey"# Yank positional 1 to 3 within stringyank…