Mapping Home directory

[Dufresne]

I am trying to map each users home directory to their username under NT Workstation 4.0, Win95/98 using Kixtart95. I have also tried login scripts under NT. Both will not work!!!!!

Here is where it gets confusing!!

What I want to do is map F: to the users %HomePath% and NOT to the Users directory. I want to MAP ROOT the users home directory like Novell.
(ie. Map Root F: \\Server\Vol\Users\%username%). Then the username is the top (root) level directory for F:

Under User Manager for Domains, User Enviornment profile, I have under the Home Diretory Option Connect to F: \\Server\Users\DufresneM

Directory Permissions for the Users Directory
Everyone (Full Control) for Share Level Permissions and Everyone (RX RX) for NTFS permissions.

Each Users Home Directoy permissions has Share Level & NTFS permissions set to (full Control)for themselves only.

In my login scripts or Kixtart95 scripts I have tried the following:

Login Script:
net use F: \\Server\Users\%username% (Doesn't Work)
net use F: \\Server\%username% ( Doesn't work)

Kixtart95 Script:
use F: "\\Server\users\%username%" (Doesn't work)
use F: "\\Server\%username%" (Doesn't work)

THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS AND MAPS CORRECTLY IS:

net use H: \\Server\%username% (This WORKS)

I know your saying at this point, is why not just use H:!! Well NT still wants to map a drive to F:\Users (which I don't want)along with drive H: for the users homepath. The users Enviornment variables when you do a SET command at the DOS prompt will have F: as the homedrive.

It seems if a drive letter (in this case F is used in the User enviornment profiles, it will not allow you to use it for anyhting else.

How do you get it to WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[devastator]

Try adding this into your NT script......

NET USE F: /HOME

Then in User Manager, select Profile, Home Directory and select Connect F: To \\SERVERNAME\USERNAME$

Drew

 

[yizhar]

HI!

As far as I know, only Win2000 clients (and servers) can "map root" to a subfolder of a shared folder.

Correct me if you find something else that works.

Bye
Yizhar Hurwitz

http://come.to/yizhar

http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar

 

[devastator]

No, because I am running Winnt SBS 4.5 with Win 98 clients and can map root to a subfolder of a shared folder......

 

[Jpoandl]

Got this information from the Kixtart manual:

The ‘MAP ROOT’ issue.
The Windows redirector software on Windows 9x systems does not support the concept of socalled ‘deep’ redirections (ie: redirecting a drive to a directory below the sharelevel, eg: “\\SERVER\SHARE\USER”). As such, Novell’s MAP ROOT feature cannot be emulated. This is a limitation of the redirector software, and unfortunately, KiXtart cannot work around this.

Note
Deep redirections are possible on Windows NT systems, either by using the SUBST command, or by installing the Distributed FileSystem (DFS) client software.

Hope this helps Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000

 

[Jpoandl]

you can also try to add this line in the beginning of your script:

Use f: /delete

and then your script:

;Kixtart95 Script:
use F: "\\Server\users\%username%"
use F: "\\Server\%username%"
Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2000