Sharing a folder and setting permissions in PowerShell

Question

I need a script to run on Vista Ultimate to share an external drive and assign full control to Everyone. I've got a batch file to create the share using net share, but there doesn't seem to be a way to change the permissions. I reckon this must be possible in PowerShell, but I have no idea where to start.

Answer 1

As of WMF 4:

New-SmbShare –Name ShareName –Path C:\LocalFolder –FullAccess Username

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj635722.aspx

Answer 2

In case you're searching for an answer to this question, but you're running Windows 7 (instead of Vista), as I was, you might be interested to know that permissions can be set in the NET SHARE command, now, directly.

For instance,

NET SHARE Movies=M:\Movies /GRANT:Everyone`,READ

will create a share and give Everyone read-only permissions to it.

Instead of READ, you can use CHANGE or FULL as well.