OS X Server: Allowing administrators to access all volumes and shared folders over SMB

With Lion Server or OS X server (Mountain Lion), administrators can access shared folders over SMB, as well as any volumes mounted locally on the server.

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To allow administrators access to all volumes including the SMB shared folders, execute this Terminal command on the server:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server VirtualAdminShares -bool YES


To limit administrators to accessing only the SMB shared folders, execute this Terminal command on the server:

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.smb.server VirtualAdminShares -bool NO

Restart the server after running the command. If rebooting the server is not convenient, you can un-share a currently shared folder and then re-share it, or share some other folder and then un-share it.

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