How to Create a Group (users' home directories) for File Shares

How to Create a Group (users' home directories) for File Shares

E. CLUSTER.EXE commands that can be used to script creating shares

File share resources can also be created with the command line utility
Cluster.exe.

Note: In this how to we will create a file share that has Share Subdirectories enabled.
1. On HOL169-NODE1, open Windows Explorer then go to Disk R: and create the
following folders:
R:\DEPT
R:\DEPT\ACCOUNTING
R:\IT

2. Run a command prompt and type the following commands:
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /create /group:"File Shares" /type:"File Share"
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /priv path="R:\Dept"
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /priv Sharename=DEPT
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /priv
security=everyone,set,F:security
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /priv ShareSubDirs=1
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /AddDep:"Disk R:"
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /AddDep:"Home Folders Network Name"
cluster . res "Dept Shares" /Online

Note: You will now see that the share has been created. If you bring up the properties
of the Dept Share resource, you will see all of the above settings.

3. If you run a command prompt and type \\HOL169FILE, you will now see the

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