Folder Redirection Problem

[pbaker]

i have created a OU on our works network called desktops and setup a policy for folder redirection if i set the option grant user exclusive rights to this admins cant access users files. Ifi i unchecked the option instead of it just allowed admins to access the files everyone can see whats in each users my documents folder what is the best way so only the user and admins can get access to the files.

i have also been told we need to switch users over to the domain login as an admin then grant domain admins rights to access all folders on the drive so then we can copy files over is there any easy way to do this

 

[Trigger]

I don't quite get how you're doing this but assuming your network is fairly small:

1.) Create a folder on the server called 'Desktops'

2.) Grant domain admins permission to this directory and all of its child objects

3.) Share the folder as 'desktops$'

4.) Create a folder for each user inside the 'Desktops' folder and grant them permission to it

5.) Use the policy as before

Should work unless I'm missing something

 

[pbaker]

Re: Folder Redirection

We have a 70+ user network and the folder redirection works just need to allow admins to get into everyones my documents folder so we can get back files if they lose them.

 

[Trigger]

We have a 70+ user network and the folder redirection works just need to allow admins to get into everyones my documents folder so we can get back files if they lose them.

Ahh, sorry that's my fault because I'd been redirecting desktops today

How are you redirecting my documents? Via group policy or the home path in the user's profile? If you're using the former then you should really be using the active directory method as you can just get it to create the folder for you without setting up the permissions We normally map drive H:\ to \\server\home$\username but let active directory create the users folder and make sure you have owner permissions on the root folder