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mapping user drive
Hi!. I have 100 users, each one should have their own mapping user's folder on the file and printer server. So that every time after they login to the domain using desktop. they should see their user network drive for them. eg. Peter logins to a domain called HR, a user mapping drive like this : Peter on '192.168.2.2'(H); while Adam can use his own desktop and see his drive like this: Adam on '192.168.2.2'(H)
PeterIs it possible to do it from the server 2003 active directory instead of going to each PC? Thank you in advance
PeterIs it possible to do it from the server 2003 active directory instead of going to each PC? Thank you in advance
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Make sure you have a centralized share for your home directories (i.e. Server1 E:\DATA\Users shared as \\server1\users)
Then Using the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC do the following;
On the profile tab of each user there is a section called Home Folder,
Select "connect to"
Choose the drive letter that you would like the drive to be mapped to from the drop down,
enter the follow \\server1\users\%USERNAME%
The %USERNAME% will cause the ADUC to create a folder in the shared location using the users login name as the name of the folder. Further it will set the permissions on the folder so that only administrators and that user have access.
If you need to do this to a large number of users you can use ADMODIFY.exe or other third party tools such as Heyna from systemtools.com. (WARNING - these bulk modify tools work great but you must be very careful, you can accidently make unwanted changes to a group of accounts if you are not paying attention.)