DFS and My Documents redirection issue

[Stephen Liffen]

Hi all,

First of all, many thanks to any one who can help us with our problem and
apologies for cross posting.

We are in the process of rolling out two Win2K servers to remote sites and
want to use DFS to let our users access their data. We would also like to
set up My Documents folder redirection using GP.

When we try to do this we get the following errors logged in the application
log on the Windows 2000 or Windows XP terminal.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: 8/4/2004
Time: 6:09:59 PM
User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: HE14_13
Description:
The Group Policy client-side extension Folder Redirection was passed flags
(0) and returned a failure status code of (4350).

Event Type: Error
Event Source: Folder Redirection
Event Category: None
Event ID: 106
Date: 8/4/2004
Time: 6:09:59 PM
User: MOTTINGHAM\markb
Computer: HE14_13
Description:
Failed to perform redirection of folder My Documents. The full source path
was \\server\users\staff\markb. The full destination path was
\\domain\dfs\location\markb. At least one of the shares on which these paths
lie is currently offline.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Stephen Liffen
Network Manager
Hadlow College
Kent
UK

 

[S.J.Haribabu]

Hi,

I did some research and found the solution for this problem.

After you set up Folder Redirection via Group Policy, events 1000 and 101
are logged in the Application event log:


Event Type: Error
Error Event Source: Userenv
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1000
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: Nt Authority\System
Computer: Computername
Description: The Group Policy client-side extension Folder Redirection was
passed flags (0) and returned a failure status code of (1307).
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Folder Redirection
Event Category: None Event ID: 101
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: Domain\User
Computer: Computername
Description: Failed to perform redirection of folder Desktop. The new
directories for the redirected folder could not be created. The folder is
configured to be redirected to \\Computername\Redirected shared folder, the
final expanded path was \\Computername\Redirected shared folder. The
following error occurred: This security ID may not be assigned as the owner
of this object.

When you set up Folder Redirection, you can set it as Basic, Advanced, or
None. If you selected Basic on the Target tab and selected Grant the user
exclusive rights to the folder name under Settings, Folder Redirection will
fail with the above events.
To fix the problem:

1. Load the appropriate Group Policy.

2. Navigate to User Configuration / Windows Setting / Folder Redirection.

3. Right-click the appropriate Folder Redirection component and press
Properties.

4. Select the Basic setting on the Target tab and clear the Grant the user
exclusive rights to the folder name under Settings.

5. Press Apply and OK.

Please let me know whether it is helpful to you.

Thanks,

(e-mail address removed)

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Microsoft]

This event appears, if folder redirection is configured and <destination> is
unreachable at the time of redirection. <folder> remains at the previous
destination.
Trivial reasons might be misspelled paths and lack of permissions on the
given path. Further, if you redirect to a Dfs path, be sure to disable the
"offline files" function for at least the underlying server share.
"IntelliMirror Tips and Tricks" says:
"Offline Folders Tips and Tricks
- Do not put the server share in a Distributed File System (DFS) tree
- Using offline folders located in a Distributed File System (Dfs) tree is
not supported. If you do put shares configured for offline use in a Dfs
tree, unexpected behavior, such as Access Denied errors, may occur when
moving from an offline to online state.
- When specifying a Dfs path, use the fully qualified domain name of your
domain instead of the shortened NetBIOS name."
OR
I have got the above error when setting the redirection for My documents to
be the user's home directory (a new option in Windows 2003 server). This
translated on the client computer to %HOMESHARE%%HOMEPATH%. When I changed
the setting in the GPO to a full path for shared folder, instead of the home
directory, the redirection succeeded OK. I guess that the environment
variables %HOMESHARE% or %HOMEPATH% are not avaialable during the login
stage when the redirection happens, or at least not under Windows 2000,
which was the client operating system.



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