Mapping Drives to User Logins

[Neill Brooks]

Hi

I must say right from the start I'm new to AD and
presently in a steep learning curve. I need some help
from an expert please...
What I need is..When users login to their account AD will
then automatically assign them the correctly mapped
drives on his/her workstation.
I can't seem to get the above to work, what I have done
so far is..
Under the user profile Ive set the Home Folder (h:drive)
\\server\work\%username% which works fine.
I've constructed a OU for e.g "Accounts" with several
users and shared folders. All the users have the correct
permissions, but when they login they need to manually
map the correct drives.
Ive tried to use "net use s:\\server\temp" but it asks
for a login and password for the server. (I ve missed
something here!)
Do I use a script or *.bat file?
My server is Win2k Server with SP3 with 20 clients all
running Win2k W/station

I hope someone can help me.....

Many Thanks Neill

 

[Ryan Anderson [MSFT]]

Hello Neil,

You can create the drive mappings using a net use in a .bat or .cmd file.
Once you have created the file, you can just specify that as a logon script
for the OU. To do this go to the properties for the OU and then the group
policy tab. Click new to create a policy for the OU (you can call it Drive
Mappings or something appropriate) and then edit the GP. Once the group
policy is open, you can go under User Configuration, Windows Settings, and
then Scripts (Logon/Logoff). Double click on the Logon and add the script
that you created with the net use commands. You should be all set after
that.

Hope this helps,

--

Ryan Anderson MCSE
Directory Services
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