Powershell script

[bobsa32]

Hi,

I am struggling with what should be an easy script, I need to map a user on a TS 2008 box to the connecting computers CD. The CD is shared and I can connect to it by running:

$net = $(New-Object -ComObject WScript.Network);
$net.MapNetworkDrive("e:", "\\PC\cd");

However, I want to do this automatically by using something like:

$net = $(New-Object -ComObject WScript.Network);
$net.MapNetworkDrive("e:", "\\%clientname%\cd");

Is there a %clientname% alternative in powershell that will work, or a better script?

Thanks in advance

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

%computername%

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[TechyMcSe2k]

I may have misread.

So the user is coming into a TS2008 server. Then you want that user to map back to its local CD drive?

You can configure the redirection on the TS 2008 for clients, no script needed.

Or, I would utilize the clients RDP session to utilize local devices and resources. I believe you can set this allowance on the TS side as well for all clients. It may even let you specify the exact letter for the drive in question.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457106.aspx

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[TechyMcSe2k]

By default, Terminal Services maps client drives automatically upon connection, including the CD-Rom

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[bobsa32]

%computername% will give you the name of the computer you are on with.

To make this a bit more difficult. We only want to give access to CD's for some users, so the RDP client brings nothing across with it.

hence the reason for doing this with a script/GPO

 

[58sniper]

As an FYI, there is a PowerShell forum at forum1619.

Also, in PowerShell, you can access environment variables using $env:<variable>

such as
$env:computername

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[TechyMcSe2k]

Someone else had the same isue....sort of Try this
RE:I had to put the script in "Run these programs after logon" in GPO...

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...S/thread/28a079d6-0e53-4431-b60b-1467817fb230

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[bobsa32]

Thanks for all the input guys, to be honest I had never thought of using the "runthese programs after logon", but it worked a treat.

Thank you.

 

[TechyMcSe2k]

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