Complete Newbie:- WIN98 Client Home Directories?? 1

[dbok]

Hi. I am a complete beginner and need some help with the basics of setting up some Windows 98 clients off an NT4 server.

How do I set up the W98 clients to create a drive, say F: as a home directory on the NT4 server? I believe I need to do this with some kind of logon script?

I’m also going to have a couple of hundred users on this network and need to know the best way of doing this. Some advice would be helpful.

Thanks,



David
dbinuk@hotmail.com

 

[comtutor]

The easiest way is through a log-on batch file at the server. Then use the "NET USE" command. You can prescribe set Drive letters to locations on the server. You can also do this through a batch file on the client or right clicking on the network neighborhood icon and go to map network drive.

Good luck

 

[Zelandakh]

Create a home.bat file containing the following:

net use k: /home

Put the file into the netlogon share (winnt/system32/repl/import/scripts).

Then in User Manager for Domains, select all relevant users (use Control key if required). Then choose Properties. In the login script box put home.bat and in the bottom box connect k (it doesn't matter as that only affects NT WS) to \\servername\users_shared_folder\%username% where the users_shared_folder is probably a folder called Users that is shared to everyone. NT will then create the folders for each user and assign the relevant permissions.

 

[ATCal]

Hey Zel, will 98 machines look to the netlogon folder?

 

[Zelandakh]

Yeah - as soon as they get authenticated to the NT Server (you are of course using MS Client with domain typed in) the server specifies that the login script needs to run and points 9x to the netlogon share.

It works under Win3.11 and DOS too believe it or not. I had a DOS client that was my mail router that ran a login script under NT 3.51.

Boy, do I feel old today...