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Group policy settings for a roaming profile
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I am running a windows server 2008 enviornment with Active directory. I have created my OU and put and added a group policy. I have a file server that houses all roaming profiles. I have gone into group policy settings and enabled under computer config/admin templates/system/user profiles, the add administrators security group to roaming user profiles. When I create a user and login the first time it creates the roaming profile folder yet as the administrator cannot access it. It still shows the owner as the user. I have researched this and done GPUDATE through command line before the user is created so it is not an existing user issue. Any help would be appreciated!
I am running a windows server 2008 enviornment with Active directory. I have created my OU and put and added a group policy. I have a file server that houses all roaming profiles. I have gone into group policy settings and enabled under computer config/admin templates/system/user profiles, the add administrators security group to roaming user profiles. When I create a user and login the first time it creates the roaming profile folder yet as the administrator cannot access it. It still shows the owner as the user. I have researched this and done GPUDATE through command line before the user is created so it is not an existing user issue. Any help would be appreciated!
In group policy under "Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles" there is a setting called "Add the Administrators security group to the roaming user profile share".
I would also like to add, using redirected folders instead of roaming profiles will save you lots of headache and increase performance (especially at login) in almost all situations.
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I tried that setting in Group Policies, that is why I am so confused... I turned it on and ran GPUPDATE, and then created a user, and it still says access denied...
Doh, sorry, was doing two things at once and only half read your situation. Have you tried manually editing the file security for the folder that contains all your profiles and adding Administrators for "This folder, subfolders, and files"? As long as you leave CREATOR OWNER alone, it should not mess up your users' access.
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Yes I did try that and still no luck....
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All of my other group policy settings are working that i have enabled except this one, so I know the group policy is working somewhat at least. Very odd...
I am currently still working on a solution to the exact same problem on a 2003 domain. The only thing I have so far is a work around. Create the local profile on a computer and copy it to the roaming profile server, then set the profile as roaming in AD.
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I am a little confused about how to set the GPO on the client computer. Maybe that is what I am doing wrong. Can you point me in the right direction for setting this on the client computer please?
Thank you!
Thank you!
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I went into the server that will hold all of the roaming profiles, ran the gpedit.msc and made the changes. I then did a gpupdate and created a new user in active directory. It is still giving me access denied on the server. Permissions never changed.
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Okay I figured it out. On the user computer you need to set the same thing in GPEDIT.MSC
I enabled it and worked fine. Thank you so much!!!!
I enabled it and worked fine. Thank you so much!!!!
You're right! It didnt work for me either, but then I tried manually setting the policy using gpedit.msc on a test computer (the one I used to logon as the user to create the roaming profile) and it worked. From there I went into AD and set gp for each individual organizational unit (bottom level that contained the users) and now it is finally working for all computers. Thanks llman for the suggestion.