mandatory profiles

[John Smith]

Hi all

How do you create mandatory user profiles using Windows 2000 server?!
I've tried following the instructions in the MSKB article

HOW TO: Assign a Mandatory User Profile in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323368

but when I get to the part that tells you to copy the profile from the
client to a shared folder on the server and change "Permitted to use" to
"Mandatory profile user", I don't have any such user in the list.

I've tried simply creating a roaming profile in a shared folder on the
server and renaming "NTUSER.DAT" to "NTUSER.MAN" but that doesn't work
either. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any advice you can spare.
John

 

[Todd J Heron]

Change the file extension on the profile to ntuser.man at
\\Server\Profiles\%username%\, not on the local machine.

 

[Jetro]

When you assign a mandatory profile to John Doe, he becomes a 'mandatory
profile user'.

 

[Herb Martin]

Hi all

How do you create mandatory user profiles using Windows 2000 server?!
I've tried following the instructions in the MSKB article

HOW TO: Assign a Mandatory User Profile in Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323368

but when I get to the part that tells you to copy the profile from the
client to a shared folder on the server and change "Permitted to use" to
"Mandatory profile user", I don't have any such user in the list.

I've tried simply creating a roaming profile in a shared folder on the
server and renaming "NTUSER.DAT" to "NTUSER.MAN" but that doesn't work
either. What am I doing wrong?

You have to do two basic things:

1) Set the PROFILE tabe PATH in the user's property
sheet to the server location -- this creates a roaming
profile if you only do this step

2) Copy a profile directory (that you like) to this location
and rename the NTUser.dat to NTUser.man

Issues of permissions and shares must of course be addressed
but the above are the basics.

It's a silly (historical) method to make the profile mandatory;
better would be a CHECK BOX, but this is the way it has
been done since NT 3.1