Logon script location??

[MLK]

Where should the logon scripts be stored on the Win2k Domain Controllers?
The netlogon share? Can .bat files still be used ?

Thanks.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

They are stored in the netlogon share, and the common custom is to use the
..CMD extension for NT-based clients and .BAT for Win9x clients.

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Where should the logon scripts be stored on the Win2k Domain Controllers?
The netlogon share? Can .bat files still be used ?

Thanks.

"Yes" to both questions.

 

[Darren Mar-Elia \(MVP\)]

Also, by default, if you're using GPO-based logon scripts, when you browse
the files location in the logon script dialog of a GPO, it will default to
sticking the scripts in SYSVOL within the GPT portion of the GPO (e.g.
\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of GPO>\user\scripts\logon), which is
perfectly acceptable. If you put it there, you don't need to refer to the
full path of the script in the GPO, as you would otherwise.

Darren

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[Gerry Hickman]

Hi,

sticking the scripts in SYSVOL within the GPT portion of the GPO (e.g.
\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of GPO>\user\scripts\logon), which is
perfectly acceptable. If you put it there, you don't need to refer to the
full path of the script in the GPO, as you would otherwise.

As a guy who works in an OU, I find the above quite a mouthful and also
subject to replication issues. I put my login scripts on a file server
instead where I can get easy access to it. It also means it backed up
with my other stuff and I also have a system for the test script vs the
real script; they're both in the same folder and I can use a BAT file to
instantly overwrite the real script with the test script after it's been
tested. I would not want to be messing around in

\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of test GPO>\user\scripts\logon

\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of real GPO>\user\scripts\logon

 

[Richard Mueller]

Hi,

In case it helps, this FAQ explains where logon scripts should be saved on
the DC:

http://www.rlmueller.net/LogonScriptFAQ.htm

 

[Gerry Hickman]

Hi Richard,

Nice FAQ, but Q3 does not cover which script will run first if you
define both??

 

[Kurt]

Why not just test it? Create an OU and a user, assign a 2 scripts that
writes to files. Assign one via GPO and the other in the profile. Look at
the timestamp on the files and see which one was created first.

....kurt