Setting up an anonymous Windows Server 2008 network share?

I was able to get a rudimentary anonymous share going by setting the share and filesystem permissions to:

  • Everyone (full control)
  • Guests (full control)
  • ANONYMOUS LOGON (full control)

After that, in the Local Security Policy under Local Policies > Security Options I had to modify

Network access: Shares that can be accessed anonymously

by adding my share to it, like so:

sharename

At that point I was able to get to \\servername\sharename anonymously.

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