With Windows 2000 server you share the parent users folder and not the individual user subfolders. When you create a user Windows 2000 server Active Directory Users and Computers will automatically create the individual user folder. Despite the fact that the users folder is not shared it appears as the root of the home directory for each user.
Windows9x can only map to an actual share and therefore by default will map to the users parent folder. If your Win9x client PCs have the same user on it and they don't move about what you need to do is share the individual user folder itself and then map directly to it in the user profile as:-
Also on the server cd is a clients\win9x directory. The application here should be run on each Win9x PC to allow it to integrate with Active Directory.
What is the name of the application I should run off the CD?
Do I have to set any security permissions related to the home folder in order to limit access to other folders (changing, deleting, moving, renaming) or will this specific share \\%servername%\%userfoldersharename% take care of that?
If the Win 9x client moves around, can this still be done or not?
You need X:\CLIENTS\WIN9X\DSCLIENT.EXE (X is the cd drive with win2ksvr loaded)
When you manually create a share it by default have "everyone" access defined, you will have to lock that down individually. The user manager created shares will be restricted automatically
Ok, I already have the profile setup to \\%servername%\%home%\%userfoldersharename% but I don't have the actual userfolder shared? Does it have to be shared because the user can access their folder but they can also change other users folders without actually accessing the folder.
How do you individually lock down the access from "everyone" to only the current user and that it doesn't change the permissions for everyone? Do I have to remove "everyone" from the permissions on the home directory and then add each user to the home directory? WIll that work?
AlanKS
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June 30th, 2004 22:00
With Windows 2000 server you share the parent users folder and not the individual user subfolders. When you create a user Windows 2000 server Active Directory Users and Computers will automatically create the individual user folder. Despite the fact that the users folder is not shared it appears as the root of the home directory for each user.
Windows9x can only map to an actual share and therefore by default will map to the users parent folder. If your Win9x client PCs have the same user on it and they don't move about what you need to do is share the individual user folder itself and then map directly to it in the user profile as:-
\\%servername%\%userfoldersharename%
Also on the server cd is a clients\win9x directory. The application here should be run on each Win9x PC to allow it to integrate with Active Directory.
bkspags
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July 1st, 2004 10:00
I have a couple of other questions.
What is the name of the application I should run off the CD?
Do I have to set any security permissions related to the home folder in order to limit access to other folders (changing, deleting, moving, renaming) or will this specific share \\%servername%\%userfoldersharename% take care of that?
If the Win 9x client moves around, can this still be done or not?
Thanks again for your help. Let me know.
AlanKS
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July 1st, 2004 11:00
You need X:\CLIENTS\WIN9X\DSCLIENT.EXE (X is the cd drive with win2ksvr loaded)
When you manually create a share it by default have "everyone" access defined, you will have to lock that down individually. The user manager created shares will be restricted automatically
bkspags
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July 9th, 2004 14:00
Ok, I already have the profile setup to \\%servername%\%home%\%userfoldersharename% but I don't have the actual userfolder shared? Does it have to be shared because the user can access their folder but they can also change other users folders without actually accessing the folder.
How do you individually lock down the access from "everyone" to only the current user and that it doesn't change the permissions for everyone? Do I have to remove "everyone" from the permissions on the home directory and then add each user to the home directory? WIll that work?
Thanks again.