Setting the >>homeDirectory<< field in CSVDE

[Guest]

Good morning!

I am going to use csvde to ad my user accounts to the AD. I have figured out
so far everything I need, except one tiny little bit.

The users should use a Home-Directory which is mapped to the drive "H:" . I
have done the necessary steps in the .csv file and when I check in the AD,
the fields under the PROFILE-Tab are filled in correctly
(\\server\homeshare\user001).
BUT in the share hte folder user001 is not created.
If I go into the field and ad a blank behind the path, use backspace to
delete it, hit OK, THEN the folder is created.
Now, I am a bit sarcastic (doing the sys.adm-job with the
do-it-on-the-fly-leraning-program could do this to you) but is this really
necessary? I mean, I have only 150 accounts to add, but I doubt, that this is
a design feature of w2k server. Then again, it might.

I would appreciate any help, and maybe some links to a good documentation of
CSVDE, the AD-Schema etc.
Thanks.

Olaf Schmidt

 

[JasonMeyer]

I remember asking a similar question awhile ago. If I recall right when
adding the home folder in ADUC there is extra stuff that goes on to see if
there is a folder already, if not create it and assign perms. Obviously when
using CSVDE this functionallity is missing so you will to A, add it
yourself, B create the folders, C touch each one in ADUC. I was using LDIFDE
at the time, and I am not a programmer to say the least so I choose to touch
each user just basically using copy \\servername\sharename\%username% and
pasting that back in. Took some time, but wasn't to bad.

Jason

 

[Guest]

Well, this is exactly, what i want to avoid... even if I COULD do this with
the 150something accounts, there are people out there with soem thousands of
accounts, this COULD NOT possible be a design feature of w2k server, now
could it.... opening every user and hitting the key... I am imagining the
guys at M$ doing it all day, or at Daimler Crysler...

Olaf

 

[JasonMeyer]

The cmd line tools work exactly like they were designed to. They simply
modify AD. ADUC, like i said, does the same thing, but has additional
functionality in that is creates the homefolder also. Places that are huge
like MS and Daimler more than likely have AD admins that are very good a
writing their own admins scripts in VB with ADO/FSO that creates the homedir
and assigns the proper permissions for the user. I would google around to
see if you can find a script that can create folders and assign perms, or
write one yourself. Then incorporate that into your user creation process.

Jason

Don't shoot the messenger....

 

[Guest]

*sigh* I am sorry, it is just... Everybody makes this HYPE about AD but when
I try to use that "userfriendly, powerful" admin-tool, I long to have
textfiles as config-files, which I can make with something easy like tcl/tk
and it works... ok, on to the next seminar, VB for dummies....

 

[lforbes]

The cmd line tools work exactly like they were designed to.
They simply
modify AD. ADUC, like i said, does the same thing, but has
additional
functionality in that is creates the homefolder also. Places
that are huge
like MS and Daimler more than likely have AD admins that are
very good a
writing their own admins scripts in VB with ADO/FSO that
creates the homedir
and assigns the proper permissions for the user. I would
google around to
see if you can find a script that can create folders and
assign perms, or
write one yourself. Then incorporate that into your user
creation process.

Jason

Don't shoot the messenger....


message

&nbsp;>> I remember asking a similar question awhile ago. If I
recall right when
&nbsp;>> adding the home folder in ADUC there is extra stuff
that goes on to see
&nbsp;>> if
&nbsp;>> there is a folder already, if not create it and
assign perms. Obviously
&nbsp;>> when
&nbsp;>> using CSVDE this functionallity is missing so you
will to A, add it
&nbsp;>> yourself, B create the folders, C touch each one in
ADUC. I was using
&nbsp;>> LDIFDE
&nbsp;>> at the time, and I am not a programmer to say the
least so I choose to
&nbsp;>> touch
&nbsp;>> each user just basically using copy
\servernamesharename%username% and
&nbsp;>> pasting that back in. Took some time, but wasn't to
bad.
&nbsp;>>

Hi,

I had the same problem for years only I used VBScript. I went manually
into 1200 users per year and changed the H: to I: and back to H: to
get the user folder to create. It was a real pain. I know some MS
techs who are experts in scripting who said that they didn’t know.
Basically I upgraded to Windows 2003 Server which lets you do multiple
selects and then it was easy.

My friend wrote an ASP script that interfaces with AD and creates the
user account and sets the permissions. It is very long and complicated
and I have yet to figure it out. Here is the part for creating the
directory. The Permissions section is very long.

’Create User Home Directory
Dim fso
set fso = server.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
on error resume next
fso.CreateFolder UserFolderShare & "\" & userid
if err <> 0 then
response.redirect(webpath & "/folderalreadyexist.htm")
end if
set fso = Nothing

Cheers,

Lara

 

[ptwilliams]

ok, on to the next seminar, VB for dummies....

That'll be a good one ;-)

(worthwhile, really)

--

Paul Williams

http://www.msresource.net/
http://forums.msresource.net/

*sigh* I am sorry, it is just... Everybody makes this HYPE about AD but when
I try to use that "userfriendly, powerful" admin-tool, I long to have
textfiles as config-files, which I can make with something easy like tcl/tk
and it works... ok, on to the next seminar, VB for dummies....

 

[JasonMeyer]

msdn.microsoft.com is a nice place to visit. They have ref on all the
languages and stuff there.