5.2 Setting Up the Home_Folders Share

5.2.1 Configuring Home_Folders Share Permissions

  1. On the Windows server, click the Windows Explorer icon .

  2. Navigate to the Home_Folders folder that you downloaded and extracted in Section 5.1, Unzipping the Exercise Folders and Files.

  3. Share Home_Folders by doing the following:

    1. Right click the folder.

    2. Click Properties.

    3. Click the Sharing tab, then click Advanced Sharing.

    4. Select the Share this folder option, name the share Home_Folders$, then click Permissions.

      As you probably know, the dollar sign ($) hides the folder from users browsing the network.

  4. Configure group permissions by doing the following:

    1. Click Remove to remove access by the Everyone group.

    2. Click Add.

    3. In the Enter the object names to select field, type Domain Users, then click Check Names.

    4. Click OK.

    5. Under Permissions for Domain Users, Allow full control, then click OK > OK.

    6. Continue with Configuring Home_Folders NTFS Permissions.

5.2.2 Configuring Home_Folders NTFS Permissions

  1. Configure file permissions by doing the following:

    1. Click the Security tab, then click Advanced.

    2. Click Change Permissions.

    3. Deselect Include inheritable permissions from this object’s parent, then on the warning, click Add.

    4. In the Permission entries list, Shift-click to select the two Users entries, then click Remove.

    5. Click Add.

    6. Type filrproxyuser, then click Check Names.

    7. Click OK.

    8. Allow full control, then click OK > OK > OK > Close.

  2. Continue with Assigning Home Folders.