Mapping user drives.

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BoomAM

BoomAM

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Hi.
Can someone tell me how to get a specific user group in Active Directory, to have it so that when they log on, a specific folder on one of the servers is mounted in 'My Computer' for them?

For the life of me i cannot work it out.

Thanks in advance all. :) .
 
On one of the networks I manage at work that I have yet to get round to upgrading to win2k3, I made a batch file with various parameters including:

Code: 
NET USE h: \\server\%USERNAME% /y

On the server, I have a folder where the share name is the same as the username and thus when user logs on as 'example' then in My Computer 'Example of 'server'' will be mounted.

Just specify the login script / batch file in the users profile tab in active directory.

Hope this helps!
 
Theres nothing in GPE to set the drives.
The last admins had different groups setup for each subject, and then staff in those groups got custom drives, problem is, that theres no policy enteries for any of the groups they setup in GPE? Very odd. :confused:
 
Yup you need to script it. There's no group policy for mapping drives (apart from maybe the home drive that can be set in AD Users and Comps.)
 
Cant find anything conclusive. :(
Turns out that under netlogin theres a batch file with all the department drives in them. So ive added the extra one i need, but its still not working?
Its odd, because the one 'guide' i can find specifys that i would need to add edit each user manually to add the batch file, but the system how it is isnt setup like that for the other drives?
 
Try and force the new GP to download...

cmd -> gpedit /force

If you made the changes to the login script then the next time the user logins it should apply those changes. :-)
 
I played around somemore, and found, in NETLOGIN, some *.kix files, which i opened in Notepad, added the same info as the batch files, and now it works! :)
Theres also a couple of 'kix' apps, but they dont seem to open for some reason? :confused:
 
BoomAM said:
I played around somemore, and found, in NETLOGIN, some *.kix files, which i opened in Notepad, added the same info as the batch files, and now it works! :)
Theres also a couple of 'kix' apps, but they dont seem to open for some reason? :confused:
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You can't open the kix apps. they are run through the scripts.

Kix is just a scripting language. Got some nice features.
 
Thanks.
Ive downloaded some Kixstart GUI programs off one of those sites, but they dont do anything.
They install, but to nowhere? No add/remove enteries, no shortcuts, not start menu items, no directories in program files, ect; ?
How the heck do i use it!?

Also, its not quite clear, but to use it, i take that i only need the Kixtart files on the server under NETLOGON, and not on each machine?
Reason is that im doing a complete network rebuild over the summer and im wondering if i'll need to put it on the workstations to get it working?
 
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The .kix files are just plaintext script files.. i can't remember the format but you need to run them... think it's

Kix32 hello

where hello.kix is the script file.
Obviously you need to have both files (and the DLLs) in the same dir
 
oddjob62 said:
The .kix files are just plaintext script files.. i can't remember the format but you need to run them... think it's

Kix32 hello

where hello.kix is the script file.
Obviously you need to have both files (and the DLLs) in the same dir
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:confused:
So how exactely do i run Kix32 itself? Ive got Kix installed, supposidly, and a GUI frontend, but there is no way to run it as it doesnt seem to have installed anywhere!?
 
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