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Re: OT Group Policies on W2k Domain Controller Help


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  • Subject: Re: OT Group Policies on W2k Domain Controller Help
  • From: "moogman_98" <pmurgatroyd@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 16:19:14 -0000
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Damn,

Sorry, forgot to mention that the users that want redirected MD need
to be a member of the group...

P.

--- In ukha_d@y..., "P Murgatroyd" <pmurgatroyd@z...>
wrote:
> John,
>
> Working with the AD in large multinational organisation we
probably do
> it slightly more complicated than you want but this is how we do
it on
> our AD...
>
> We create a MD redirection security group, for example in Madrid,
its
> called  ESMD-GPO-TV2-SPMDSRV001-MD (but that's not really
important..)
>
> We then create a policy for redirection, just like you have,
except we
> create an advanced one, using the security group descibed above
(some
> sites have more than one file server).  As you you have done, all
is set
> up in the same way and then applied.  What you then need to do is
click
> on properties of the GPO and click the permissions tab, from here
you
> need to add the MD security group and at the bottom of the
permissions
> listing, you will see words to the effect of "Apply Group
Policy"
this
> needs to be ticked, I believe that there are two options, one is
apply
> and the other is deny
>
> It's a while since we set up MD redirection up, but that's all the
> details you should need.
>
> Give it a go and see what happens.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr John Tankard [mailto:john@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 24 February 2002 15:31
> To: ukha_d@y...
> Subject: [ukha_d] OT Group Policies on W2k Domain Controller Help
>
>
> Sorry for the OT post, this is doing my head in
>
> I am wanting to re-direct my docs on workstations to a network
drive so
> that my wife & I can get to our documents regardless of which
system we
> login to, I might also use profiles and I would prefer to use
> re-direction so that the my docs is not copied every time we
> login/logout, on my laptop I also want to set my docs to be a
offline
> folder. We have four computers in this setup, w2k server, Xp Pro
> workstation, Xp Pro Laptop, Multiboot workstation usualy w2k pro.
>
> I have followed what I remember is the correct procedure but it
just
> does not work, I have done this:-
>
> Created a network share called userdata.( just created and done
noting
> else with it, I have not made the subfolders and I hve not touched
the
> rights in any way)
>
> On the server I have opened up active directory users and
computers, rt
> click on the domain, select properties, clicked on group policy,
clicked
> on edit to edit the default policy, under user config I expanded
windows
> settings, then expanded folder redirection, rt click on my
documents
> select properties and pu this into target
> //silver/userdata/%username%/My Documents I have selected redirect
> everyone's folder
>
> Applied and exited
>
> Created a new user, logged in and saved a file in my documents,
logged
> out and looked on the server to see if the directory was created
and it
> was not !
>
> Any help please
>
> John
>
>
>
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