How to do SMB share...

flibberdipper · April 6, 2015

So I'm going to throw Windows Server 2008 R2 on my Dell (more than likely), and I was wondering how to set up an SMB share with the second partition that I'll make. I'll be mounting it as a network drive on my computer, so keep that in mind.

Wtalk2 · April 6, 2015

I'm not sure if making individual partitions into SMB Shares is possible under Windows Server 2008 R2, not entirely sure though. I think it would be easier to accomplish that with a Linux distro instead of Windows Server.

r3bify · April 6, 2015

If I understand correctly what you want, you are using the second partition on the dell as a network drive? Just share like, like you would any folder. I recommend setting up specific user rights in the advanced settings. Set "Everyone" to read only, and then make a user and give it read/write or full control over it, and then when you map the network drive, connect as that user.

It actually works almost the same way in linux, if you choose to go that way you just edit the smb.conf file with whatever you want the details of your share to be and then restart the service. Easy peasy.