Updating user properties

[CharlieBurchett]

We are getting ready to roll out new login scripts and I need ideas as
to the easiest way to implement. I am relatively new to scripting for
AD and would appreciate any help. I need to be able to choose from
several different scripts based on department of the user.

Thanks!

 

[Jorge_de_Almeida_Pinto]

We are getting ready to roll out new login scripts and I need
ideas as to the easiest way to implement. I am relatively new
to scripting for AD and would appreciate any help. I need to
be able to choose from several different scripts based on
department of the user.

Thanks!

create a GPO for each department and link it to each department OU...

take a look at:
http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/ASP/FileView.asp?File=/KB/GroupPol.TXT

 

[Cary Shultz [A.D. MVP]]

Charlie,

There are several ways to do it. It all depends on how fancy you want to
get.

You could use kixtart to do this and then have different drive mappings
based on group membership.

You could use the old .bat or .cmd logon scripts and make use of the
ifmember.exe utility.

Or, as Jorge has suggested, you could create an Organizational Unit for each
Department, place the appropriate user account objects in each OU and then
link a GPO to each OU. The GPO would naturally be a .vbs logon script.

The later would possibly require you to restructure your OU configuration,
however. It all depends on how you have things set up. If you have a
simple 'employees' OU ( or something similar ) then you might consider using
Group Filtering - but this gets a bit more advanced and is generally not a
good idea for someone just starting with GPOs ( assuming that this is the
case for you..... ).

--
Cary W. Shultz
Roanoke, VA 24012
Microsoft Active Directory MVP

http://www.activedirectory-win2000.com
http://www.grouppolicy-win2000.com