1

I know there's a way to do this from a GUI (Setting up an anonymous Windows Server 2008 network share?), but I am writing a script so I want to see if you can do it without the GUI.

In other words, I want to create a share from the command line, and then be able to access that share from another box on the same network without the share prompting me for a username and password. I just want to be able to access it by doing net use \\<boxhostingshare>\<sharename>.

Community
  • 1
AlwaysQuestioning
  • 111
  • 3

1 Answers1

3

If you have access to PowerShell V4/WMF4 you can use new-smbshare. Information about new-smbshare found here: New-SMBShare 

New-SmbShare -Name "VMSFiles" -Path "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1\VMFiles" -FullAccess "Everyone","Guests","Anonymous Logon"

If you need to create the folder first, 

new-item "c:\clusterstorage\Volume1\VMfiles" -itemtype directory

New-Item documentation.

Change folder names to the ones you require.

Thanks, Tim.

Tim Haintz
  • 486
  • 1
  • 3
  • 8