Folder Redirection

[Duran]

Hello,
I need a little advice. I have done roaming profile and folder redirection before, but there was nothing else in place and it was a while ago now. I am running windows 2003 R2 and all clients are XP Pro SP2 in an AD environment.

When I look at a users profile, they all have an existing Home Folder mapped to a location, they also have folder redirection to a folder on the same server. The folder redirection is also in an GPO.

Now, I think I may have read too much and confused myself. All I want to do is change location that profiles and redirected folders go to, to a new server.

Do I need to remove the Home folder location in the users accounts in AD, or will the GPO take precedence?

I have DFS set up for data, should I put the profiles and redirected files in there, or should I leave it as a normal separate share? Should I hide the share with a $? I dont want users to be able to browse to it.

Exactly what permissions do I give the root folder? I was going to assign authenticated users full control and not let the permissions apply that folder only to prevent propergation. If I allow the GPO to create the folders, I think the permissions to the users folder will take care of itself by granting exclusive rights to the user?

Any help with this is greatly appreciated. I just think I've read so much I cant see the trees for the woods. Its the existing home folders that are throwing me out as well.

Kind Regards,
D.

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[ITPangaeaArchitect]

are you trying to remove the home folder concept and just utilize my documents (redirected) as the default "home folder"?

the home folder location and the folder redirection are 2 seperate entities, if your remove the home folder from user acct properties, a home drive wont be mapped to a drive letter....

using DFS for profiles is dangerous...i believe its only supported with DFSR (2003 R2)....

Whether or not to use a $ is up to you...if you want to hide it as an admin share, go for it. just remember to change the default share permissions to everyone:FC so you can control access via NTFS perms...

for perms...dont use auth users full control...maybe auth users read....right on regarding the gpo././/

-Brandon Wilson
MCSE00/03, MCSA:Messaging00, MCSA03, A+
Manager - Global AD Operations
ACS, Inc.

 

[Duran]

Hi Brandon,

Thanks very much for getting back. Yes, I'd like to remove the home folder concept altogether. So I guess I would have to remove the Home drive from the user account in order to get it to work. I'll think I will try that with mine.

Regards,
D.

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Electric Barbarella !