Sharing a folder and setting permissions in PowerShell

Question

I need a script to run on Vista Ultimate to share an external drive and assign full control to Everyone. I\'ve got a batch file to create the share using net share,

Answer 1

In case you're searching for an answer to this question, but you're running Windows 7 (instead of Vista), as I was, you might be interested to know that permissions can be set in the NET SHARE command, now, directly.

For instance,

NET SHARE Movies=M:\Movies /GRANT:Everyone`,READ

will create a share and give Everyone read-only permissions to it.

Instead of READ, you can use CHANGE or FULL as well.