• Window Post Installation Configuration
  • Active Directory Authentication
  • Anonymous Authentication
  • Using a Non-Default Web Site
  • Changing Default Application Pool
  • Configuring Bindings and SSL
  • Configuring the Firewall
  • Sharing the Top-Level Parent Folder on a Separate Server

Sharing the Top-Level Parent Folder on a Separate Server

Running SmartSync Server on a separate server than the File Server requires specific sharing to be set on the top-level parent folder.

Prerequisites

Administrator credentials.

Procedure

1. Open Administrative Tools | Shared and Storage Management.
2. On the Actions pane, click Provision Share.
3. Click Browse or type in the UNC path to the top-level parent folder. Click Next.
4. Select No, do not change NTFS permissions and click Next.
5. Type a Share name and click Next.
6. Click Advanced.
7. On the Caching tab, select No files or programs from the share are available offline and click OK.
8. Click Next.
9. Select Users and groups have custom share permissions and click Permissions.
10. Click Add to open the Select Users, Computers, Service Accounts, or Groups dialog.
11. Add a local administrator ID and click OK.
12. Select the added ID and in the Allow column, select Full Control .
13. Select Everyone and click Remove.
14. Click Add to open the Select Users, Computers, Service Accounts, or Groups dialog.
15. Click Object Types. Select Computers and clear the remaining object types. Click OK.
16. Click Check Names or type in the computer name in the Enter the object names to select field.
17. Click OK.
18. Select the added computer and in the Allow column, select Changeand Read.
19. Click OK.
20. Click Next on SMB Permissions, DFS Namespace Publishing, and Review Settings and Create Share.
21. Click Close.

Results

The top-level parent folder is shared.