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4.9 Creating and Publishing a Shared Folder

Marţi, 18 August 2009 16:33 Eugen Morar
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In this video i will show you how to create and Publishing a Shared Folder in Active Directory.


 

In this exercise, you will create and publish a shared folder in the Active Directory.
  1. Open Windows Explorer. Expand My Computer. Right-click Local Disk (C:) and select New > Folder. Name the new folder Test Share.
  2. Right-click the Test Share folder and select Sharing And Security.
  3. On the Sharing tab, select Share This Folder. For the share name, type Test Share, and for the description, enter Share used for testing the Active Directory. Leave the User Limit, Permissions, and Caching settings as their defaults. Click OK to create the share.
  4. To verify that the share has been created, choose Start ? Run and type the UNC path for the local server. For instance, if the server is named sybex1, you would type \\sybex1. This connects you to the local computer, where you can view any available network resources. Verify that the Test Share folder exists, then close the window.
  5. Open the Active Directory Users And Computers tool. Expand the current domain and right-click the RD OU. Select New ? Shared Folder.
  6. In the New Shared Folder dialog box, type Shared Folder Test for the name of the folder. Then type the UNC path to the share (for example, \\sybex1\Test Share). Click OK to create the share. Leave the Active Directory Users and Computers Tool open for now. If you wish to close the tool, please make sure you save your settings, as explained in the help documentation.