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Pointing a user profile on a different drive then the C when authenticating on a domain
Greetings,
I have followed this video to have users loging in the S drive instead of the C drive : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88isPOPkscE strangely, when i log with my credentials wich is member of the domain admin groups, it works but when it's a user with no admin rights, it gives a message cannot find the profil and the user is logued on a roaming profile.
That method also works for the public profile. Is there something I need to do on the user's profile properties in Active Directory? I'd rather ask before trying anything in there.
Cheers,
Richard
I have followed this video to have users loging in the S drive instead of the C drive : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88isPOPkscE strangely, when i log with my credentials wich is member of the domain admin groups, it works but when it's a user with no admin rights, it gives a message cannot find the profil and the user is logued on a roaming profile.
That method also works for the public profile. Is there something I need to do on the user's profile properties in Active Directory? I'd rather ask before trying anything in there.
Cheers,
Richard
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Hi
The drive wich the domain user must log in is a local hard drive. It's letter is S
Should I use a GPO instead ?
Cheers
The drive wich the domain user must log in is a local hard drive. It's letter is S
Should I use a GPO instead ?
Cheers
The Drive letter S is a mapped drive or local drive in user computer?
If the mapping is ready with a login script or assigned in local computer, you can choose the option Drive Letter and path in the Active directory User properties>Profile path.
If the mapping is ready with a login script or assigned in local computer, you can choose the option Drive Letter and path in the Active directory User properties>Profile path.
ASKER
The drive letter S is the letter I assigned to a second local drive of 1 TB in the computer
Cheers
Cheers
ASKER
I created a local GPO to point the user profile to the S drive and when I log in, it creates a profile but the content is empty. I can see the username folder in the S but when I go for exemple in the properties of the download folder it points to c:\users\username's profile
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
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In a domain environment, you don't need to do those procedures in the video (I mean registry editing).
In Active directory, under the specific user properties,under Profile tab the user folder for local path and profile path can be redirected.
Here is a link to understand the difference of Profile path and local path.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/350e9dbe-fa1e-476d-8a1f-191948395932/difference-between-profile-path-and-local-path-under-profiles-tab-of-a-user-account?forum=winserverDS
Regards.