Hello,
I am right in the middle of testbedding windows 2000 server. We currently have an existing NT4 server, but I am not allowed to put them on the same network full stop! (according to my grumbling manager) so the migration path is a little complicated in that I cannot simply make the w2k server a bdc and then convert it to pdc to get all the users and stuff across. Hence what I have done so far is use the utility addusers.exe to export the users from NT4 and import them into 2000. This worked great except for the fact that now I have my users created in active directory all pointing to the wrong home directories that do not exist. So I need to perform three things..
1) make the directories
2) set the permissions for them
3) set the users to point to those directories
I have found an article in the KB about here that tells me to create a batch file :-
md c:\users\<username>
rmtshare \\<HomeServer>\<username>$=c:\users\<username>
/grant <username>:f /grant administrator:f
/remove everyone
This is fine but it then says :-
'The first command creates the directory for the user where represents the user. An environment variable could be used here to represent the user. Usernames could then be pulled from a list of users created by ADDUSERS -D, for instance. '
Does anyone know the exact commands of how to do actually do this 'pulling of usernames' from the file that add users creates? Or perhap im just doing things the complicated way and theres a simple solution Ive overlooked (other than shooting my manager and making the new W2k server bdc!)
Im guessing once I have the directories made I can then simply edit the file that add user made with the right path and the re import the users again?!
I thank you in advance for any help you can give me on this!
Regards,
Amb3rsil
I am right in the middle of testbedding windows 2000 server. We currently have an existing NT4 server, but I am not allowed to put them on the same network full stop! (according to my grumbling manager) so the migration path is a little complicated in that I cannot simply make the w2k server a bdc and then convert it to pdc to get all the users and stuff across. Hence what I have done so far is use the utility addusers.exe to export the users from NT4 and import them into 2000. This worked great except for the fact that now I have my users created in active directory all pointing to the wrong home directories that do not exist. So I need to perform three things..
1) make the directories
2) set the permissions for them
3) set the users to point to those directories
I have found an article in the KB about here that tells me to create a batch file :-
md c:\users\<username>
rmtshare \\<HomeServer>\<username>$=c:\users\<username>
/grant <username>:f /grant administrator:f
/remove everyone
This is fine but it then says :-
'The first command creates the directory for the user where represents the user. An environment variable could be used here to represent the user. Usernames could then be pulled from a list of users created by ADDUSERS -D, for instance. '
Does anyone know the exact commands of how to do actually do this 'pulling of usernames' from the file that add users creates? Or perhap im just doing things the complicated way and theres a simple solution Ive overlooked (other than shooting my manager and making the new W2k server bdc!)
Im guessing once I have the directories made I can then simply edit the file that add user made with the right path and the re import the users again?!
I thank you in advance for any help you can give me on this!
Regards,
Amb3rsil