Network Places question

[MLK]

Can Network Places links be automatically distributed to specific users thru
some sort of script or the Active Directory?

We want to avoid using additional mapped drives, and just use network places
instead. Does that even make sense?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

See here:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/resources/qanda/may05/hey0509.mspx

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[Kurt]

Try "poor man's DFS". Make a share on a server that everyone has access to.
Put a shortcut to that share in the "all users" desktop on every computer.
In the share, create shortcuts to UNC paths and name them whatever you want.
Since UNC paths are global, everyone should be able to access the shares as
long as they have permission. Then when you add, remove or change a path,
you just add or delete the shortcut from the share and, like magic, it
appears, disappears or changes for everyone.

....kurt

 

[MLK]

Please pardon my confusion, but can you explain what you mean by

"In the share, create shortcuts to UNC paths" ?

Don't they have to be connected to the share before they can access the
shortcuts you refer to ?

 

[Kurt]

Users don't "connect" to a share, they authenticate when they attempt to
access a share. If they have permission, they are granted access. If not,
they are denied. A UNC path is of the form \\server\share. Try it yourself.
Create a folder on your own desktop and share it. Open it, right-click and
select create new shortcut. In the field, set the target as a share on
another server (\\someserver\someshare). Then go to another computer and
create a shortcut on the desktop to the share you just created on your
computer. When the share is opened, you'll see the shortcut to the other
server that you put in your share. You can put as many shortcuts in that
share as you want and everyone can access them who has permission. Note that
this MUST be UNC paths. You cannot use local paths.

....kurt