User Network Drives

[BudT]

Each of our users has a network folder in our Users directory to store data so we can back them up each night. As opposed to backing up each individual desktop. Is there a way in a Citrix session to have each user have access automatically to their folder? i.e mounting their U:\\ProServer\Users\username drive for each Citrix session.

 

[TravisM]

How do you do it on the desktop side? I'd suggest taking each user's folder and creating a share out of it then using a login script to map the folder as a drive, you can do it with a batch file as easy as

net use U: \\server\share

The best bet would be to make the share name the same as the users login id, and alter the line to

net use U: \\server\%username%

Then every time they log in, the script kicks off and maps the share to the U drive.

 

[ascotta]

Make it their Terminak Services home Directory ? or have you got that setup already ?

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Cheers
Scott

 

[Ogi]

Net Use U: \\Server\Share\%USERNAME%

Saves sharing loads of directories off your File/Print Server!

Carl.

 

[ascotta]

You could use Ogi's suggestion and add on share out the
%username% directory with a $ on the end and using a kix script or similar

net use U: \\server\username$ hides it from the browse list.

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Cheers
Scott

 

[Ogi]

But if you do:-

\\Server\Share$

As your share, then in your script do my original

Net Use U: \\Server\Share$\%USERNAME%

You're still only talking 1 share and not all your users which is an admin headache!

Ciao,
Carl.

 

[ascotta]

Not gonna argue Ogi, t'was an afterthought. I think Home drive location is what he wants tho.

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Cheers
Scott

 

[sarav2k]

Why do we need run a script for each user? if the user is already having mapped network drive in his drive list. Won't it be mapped by defalut in his ica session?

If I connect to Terminal server by RDP ? it mapps all drives including network drives.

All the client's drives will be mapped in his ICA session or not?

thks