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user profiles and home folders

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68falcon

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ok, i have 3 domain controllers(windows server 2000) and 1 xp machine. i need to setup user profiles and have them use homefolders, i have a book and followed the folowing steps:
-created a home folders under c: and shared it name homedir
-went to active directory snap in, users and created a new user named bob
-went to bob properties and profiles and connected to \\server01\homedir\%username% with the Z:
-the went to the homedir folder properties and sercurity and added user, removed inherint somethings, and added administrator with full control
-i can log on to the user on the xp machine but i cant see the homefolder, why?
what am i doing wrong, when i get it to work i need to resrict the user from accessing my computer and such things, where do i do that?
 
From my personal experience with logon scripts, home directories and roaming profiles you still need a logon script for the user to initially connect to the share.

Is the drive not showing up when you login?

Can you unc to the share once logged on?

Are you prompted for credentials when you do unc to the share as that user?
 
i changed the path to domain2.local, and then changed the user accout to a print operator so i could login on the server. i logged through the server and i could see the homefolder there, so i put a folder in it and logged out. then i logged on the xp machine and it was there, so whats up with that. i had to put something in it for it to work
 
Originally posted by: Joemonkey
what's a homefolder?
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I am assuming just a share on a fileserver or the DC for the user to place their files so that they get backed up or just all reside on a single server or location. Thats what I would refer to as a home folder.
 
yeah, a homefolder is basically a shared folder on the domain controller stuck with a letter drive (usuall Z🙂 and then each user has a folder in that folder that acts like a hard drive for there comp
 
I've had spotty luck with home folders mapping automatically... I don't think I was doing anything wrong, either (and if I was, several other admins couldn't figure it out). We used batch scripts, and everything was flawless from then on.
 
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