Stupid question (User Home Dir Windows 2003)

[partlycloudy]

Hello,

I have a simple stupid question for you. I come from a Novell/Unix environment. However, it looks like we'll be going to windows. I have a question on user home directories that's driving me nuts.

Say I go into Windows 2003 AD and create a user. Then I click on profile, then user, then Home Folder > connect. You know the rest of the deal on that. Yeah, I can do it though Group Policies, but this is just to get my question out.

Well my problem is how to assign rights for the creation of the user account. For example: say I have a folder called "Users", the folder "User1", User2", and "User3" under the main users folder. (I guess this would be a nested folder". How do I assign rights to the main users folder so I can automatically create the user (Sub folder) folder for me without compromising security?

I assume that even if I automatically create the folders I will still have to manually edit the users folder to disallow anyone except admims and the user from accessing it. However, I'm not sure of the correct method to do this. Should I share the user directories and assign rights? Or, should I create a nested folder then the user folders?

Anyway, any help with a few examples would be wonderful.

Thanks

 

[58sniper]

When you create the user account, it should grant the correct permissions to the folder.

What I do is create a template user, then use that (right click on it and choose COPY) to create any other users. When the users login, the folders will be there.

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)

 

[partlycloudy]

I understand the above, but it does not answer my third and fourth paragraph. Apparently this is so easy that no one posts this stuff, or no one knows it. Maybe it's just me?

Thanks

 

[58sniper]

Actually, copying the template user DOES answer your questions. You shouldn't have to set any rights manually, and user folders inside should grant the specific user & domain admins full control.

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)