Simple file share question

[Mike]

I need help with Windows NT. I have users home directories set up in AD on
a w2k server. \\server\home\%username%

I have \\server\home shared.

The windows 2000 clients can map drives directly to their home folders.
\\server\home\%username%.

The NT clients will only map to the share. \\server\home.
When they try to map to \\server\home\%username%, it gives error "network
name not found" I can connect to the \\server\home share, and navigate to
the %username% folder, but I don't want it to work like that. Do I have to
share each individual users folder, or is there a better solution?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Ray at]

NT does not support mapping to directories in shares. You can only map to
\\server\share in NT. You cannot map to \\server\share\directory.

Ray at work

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

As Ray has already said, WinNT cannot map directly to folders on a
shared volume. You might want to look into creating a batch file that
first maps a drive to \\server\home, and then use the Subst command to
map each users' folder to another drive. Something like:

net use k: \\server\home /persistent:yes
subst h: k:\%username%

The SUBST command associates a path with a drive letter.
SUBST [drive1: [drive2:]path]
SUBST drive1: /D
drive1: Specifies a virtual drive to which you want to assign
a path.
[drive2:]path Specifies a physical drive and path you want to
assign to
a virtual drive.
/D Deletes a substituted (virtual) drive.
Type SUBST with no parameters to display a list of current virtual
drives.


Bruce Chambers
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