Windows Administration Resource Kit: Productivity Solutions for IT Professionals

2-9: Provision the Creation of a Shared Folder

Solution overview

Type of solution	Tool
Features and tools	HTA, VBScript, PSExec, net share
Solution summary	Customize and use Folder_Provision.hta to fully provision the creation of a shared folder including role-based access control (RBAC).
Benefits	Automated, role-based provisioning of shared folders and security
Preview	Figure 2-9 shows a preview of the solution.

Figure 2-9. The Provision a Shared Folder tool

Introduction

Provisioning a shared folder is not a one-step process. To provision a shared folder, you must do the following:

1. Create the folder if it does not exist.

2. Create resource access capability management ...