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Shahid Sheikh
Hi all,
Folder redirection issues have been discussed plenty of times and here
it goes once more.
Have a small network with mixed 2000 and XP pro clients. All server
are 2000 servers. Folder redirection is used to redirect My Documents
and Desktop folders.
It works great on 2000 professional machines but when the same users
log on from an XP pro machine, it doesn't work.
A never logged on from account (i.e. a new account) works fine when
logged on a Windows 2000 machine.
A never loggen on from account does not work when logged on from a
Windows XP pro machine even after three (or more) consecutive
attempts. Logging on using the same account from a Windows 2000 pro
machine works great.
All Windows 2000 systems (server and pro) are SP4 and all XP machines
are SP1.
The fdeply.log from a windows xp system is as follows:
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18:43:19:553 Entering folder redirection extension
18:43:19:553 Flags = 0x0
18:43:19:615 Group Policy Object name =
{A3778165-07D8-4ABE-96AA-ABA974506BDF}
18:43:19:615 File system path =
\\hq.zeeshanelectronics.com\SysVol\hq.<domain_name>.com\Policies\{A3778165-07D8-4ABE-96AA-ABA974506BDF}\User
18:43:19:615 Directory path =
LDAP://CN=User,CN={A3778165-07D8-4ABE-96AA-ABA974506BDF},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=hq,DC=<domain_name>,DC=com
18:43:19:615 Display name = Folder redirection Group Policy
18:43:19:631 Found folder redirection settings for policy Folder
redirection Group Policy.
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for Application
Data, (Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:662 The user was found to be a member of the group s-1-1-0.
The corresponding path was \\hq\data\user\%username%\Desktop.
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for Desktop,
(Flags: 0x11).
18:43:19:662 The user was found to be a member of the group s-1-1-0.
The corresponding path was \\hq\data\user\%username%\\My Documents.
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for My Documents,
(Flags: 0x11).
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for My Pictures,
(Flags: 0x2).
18:43:19:678 Successfully obtained redirection data for Start Menu,
(Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:678 Successfully obtained redirection data for Programs,
(Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:678 Successfully obtained redirection data for Startup,
(Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:678 Successfully gathered folder redirection settings for
policy Zeeshan Group Policy.
18:43:19:678 Redirecting folder Desktop to
\\hq\data\user\%username%\Desktop.
18:43:19:693 Failed to perform redirection of folder Desktop.
The full source path was <C:\Documents and Settings\shahid\Desktop>.
The full destination path was <\\hq\data\user\shahid\Desktop>.
At least one of the shares on which these paths lie is currently
offline.
18:43:19:709 Redirecting folder My Documents to
\\hq\data\user\%username%\My Documents.
18:43:19:725 Failed to perform redirection of folder My Documents.
The full source path was <C:\Documents and Settings\shahid\My
Documents>.
The full destination path was <\\hq\data\user\shahid\My Documents>.
At least one of the shares on which these paths lie is currently
offline.
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The log doesn't tell much (Failed to perform redirection.....) I can
see that it failed because it didn't happen. Want to know why it
failed.
Documents and Settings folder permissions on the XP and 2000 machines
are identical. Root permissions are correct too.
\\hq\data\user is a DFS link. I don't have any offline folders in use.
Besides if I use the \\servername\usershare\%username%\My documents as
the destination path it still doesn't work on XP. Still works great on
2000 pro.
No updated ADM files have been installed on the servers. Another
observation is that the Group Policy Editor running from an XP machine
on which Windows 2003 Adminpak has been installed does not show the
folder redirection container in the GPO object.
What am I overlooking?
Thanks,
Shahid
Folder redirection issues have been discussed plenty of times and here
it goes once more.
Have a small network with mixed 2000 and XP pro clients. All server
are 2000 servers. Folder redirection is used to redirect My Documents
and Desktop folders.
It works great on 2000 professional machines but when the same users
log on from an XP pro machine, it doesn't work.
A never logged on from account (i.e. a new account) works fine when
logged on a Windows 2000 machine.
A never loggen on from account does not work when logged on from a
Windows XP pro machine even after three (or more) consecutive
attempts. Logging on using the same account from a Windows 2000 pro
machine works great.
All Windows 2000 systems (server and pro) are SP4 and all XP machines
are SP1.
The fdeply.log from a windows xp system is as follows:
------
18:43:19:553 Entering folder redirection extension
18:43:19:553 Flags = 0x0
18:43:19:615 Group Policy Object name =
{A3778165-07D8-4ABE-96AA-ABA974506BDF}
18:43:19:615 File system path =
\\hq.zeeshanelectronics.com\SysVol\hq.<domain_name>.com\Policies\{A3778165-07D8-4ABE-96AA-ABA974506BDF}\User
18:43:19:615 Directory path =
LDAP://CN=User,CN={A3778165-07D8-4ABE-96AA-ABA974506BDF},CN=Policies,CN=System,DC=hq,DC=<domain_name>,DC=com
18:43:19:615 Display name = Folder redirection Group Policy
18:43:19:631 Found folder redirection settings for policy Folder
redirection Group Policy.
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for Application
Data, (Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:662 The user was found to be a member of the group s-1-1-0.
The corresponding path was \\hq\data\user\%username%\Desktop.
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for Desktop,
(Flags: 0x11).
18:43:19:662 The user was found to be a member of the group s-1-1-0.
The corresponding path was \\hq\data\user\%username%\\My Documents.
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for My Documents,
(Flags: 0x11).
18:43:19:662 Successfully obtained redirection data for My Pictures,
(Flags: 0x2).
18:43:19:678 Successfully obtained redirection data for Start Menu,
(Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:678 Successfully obtained redirection data for Programs,
(Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:678 Successfully obtained redirection data for Startup,
(Flags: 0x4).
18:43:19:678 Successfully gathered folder redirection settings for
policy Zeeshan Group Policy.
18:43:19:678 Redirecting folder Desktop to
\\hq\data\user\%username%\Desktop.
18:43:19:693 Failed to perform redirection of folder Desktop.
The full source path was <C:\Documents and Settings\shahid\Desktop>.
The full destination path was <\\hq\data\user\shahid\Desktop>.
At least one of the shares on which these paths lie is currently
offline.
18:43:19:709 Redirecting folder My Documents to
\\hq\data\user\%username%\My Documents.
18:43:19:725 Failed to perform redirection of folder My Documents.
The full source path was <C:\Documents and Settings\shahid\My
Documents>.
The full destination path was <\\hq\data\user\shahid\My Documents>.
At least one of the shares on which these paths lie is currently
offline.
--------
The log doesn't tell much (Failed to perform redirection.....) I can
see that it failed because it didn't happen. Want to know why it
failed.
Documents and Settings folder permissions on the XP and 2000 machines
are identical. Root permissions are correct too.
\\hq\data\user is a DFS link. I don't have any offline folders in use.
Besides if I use the \\servername\usershare\%username%\My documents as
the destination path it still doesn't work on XP. Still works great on
2000 pro.
No updated ADM files have been installed on the servers. Another
observation is that the Group Policy Editor running from an XP machine
on which Windows 2003 Adminpak has been installed does not show the
folder redirection container in the GPO object.
What am I overlooking?
Thanks,
Shahid