Share folder creation with custom permissions

a=1 #set a=1 to give full access

    #set a=2 to give only read access

    #set a=3 to give change access

path=r'C:\me'#provide the path to create share

sharename=r'Public3' #share name should be modified each time

username=r'Everyone'#default is everyone

import os

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def ecmd(command):

    import ctypes

    from subprocess import PIPE, Popen

    class disable_file_system_redirection:

        _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection

        _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection

        def __enter__(self):

            self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()

            self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))

        def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):

            if self.success:

                self._revert(self.old_value)

    with disable_file_system_redirection():

        obj = Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)

    out, err = obj.communicate()

    ret=obj.returncode

    if ret==0:

        if out:

            return out.strip()

        else:

            return ret

    else:

        if err:

            return err.strip()

        else:

            return ret

if not os.path.exists(path):

    os.mkdir(path,0777)

else:

    pass

if a==1 :

    print ecmd('net share '+sharename+'='+path+' /GRANT:'+username+',FULL')

if a==2 :

    print ecmd('net share '+sharename+'='+path+' /GRANT:'+username+',READ')

if a==3 :

    print ecmd('net share '+sharename+'='+path+' /GRANT:'+username+',CHANGE')

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