Im trying to update a home directory through a users profile.

I get the error      home folder was not created because you do not have
create access on the server.

I am logged in as administrator and the server (2003)  has all the latest
fixes and patches


Any ideas how to solve this

Hello SuperSlueth,
Domain Administrators by default do not have full control on users profile.
You will have to add Administrator to full controll rights on the profile
folder.


Isaac

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Where is the profile folder

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SuperSlueth <SuperSlu***@discussions.microsoft.com>, posted the following:
It's where you configure it to be, normally the home folder.

You stated:
"home folder was not created because you do not have
create access on the server."

Can you describe the steps you were doing when this occured? Also describe
the folder setup, the permissions on the folder's share permissions and the
security tab permissions, the path you provided in the ADUC user properties
(assuming that is where you did it), and any other relevant information.
This will help to diagnose this error. But as Isaac stated, it is more than
likely a permissions problems.

Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer] <firstnamelastn***@hotmail.com>
wrote:
Er - I must disagree. The profile folder would be for roaming profiles and
you'd never want that in the same location as your user data.
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Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
<lanwe***@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com>, posted the
following:

Good point, Lanwench. It should be in another location. Therefore I would
imagine that if the poster is asking where it is, one was possibly not
configured.

Ace

Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer] <firstnamelastn***@hotmail.com>
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Show quoteHide quoteWell, I have to get one up on you *sometimes*, guru. :)

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
<lanwe***@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmailatyahoo.com>, posted the
following:
Touché!  :-)

Hey, you're not too bad yourself, guru!!

SuperSlueth <SuperSlu***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
What do you mean by "through a user's profile" - you do this in ADUC.
Note also that home directories are a pretty archaic concept; I'd use folder
redirection for My Documents (at least!) through group policy.

You can also map a drive letter in the login script if you want - e.g.,

net use h: "\\server\users$\%username%\My Documents" /persistent:no

I let the sever choosea default place where it would store the user profiles.

Do the profiles have a set ext name or somthing I can search for.

Also the login scripts (c:\scripts\logon.bat) dont run when the users login.
I can run them manually from the users PC without any errors.
They are set in the user profile.





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SuperSlueth <SuperSlu***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
Hmmm - this doesn't make any sense. The server never stores user profiles
unless you've manually set up roaming profiles in each user's ADUC
properties. The server doesn't care about user profiles. Unless it's a
terminal server and has cached copies of user profiles, but that isn't what
you mean, is it?

Again, I need to know what you're talking about. You've got AD, right? What
exactly are you logging into? You should be assigning your login scripts via
group policy or in ADUC.
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SuperSlueth <SuperSlu***@discussions.microsoft.com>, posted the following:
I must agree with Lanwench. What tool or utility are you doing this in?

Profile paths are set in the user's properties by using ADUC. Are we to
assume you are running AD? If so, look in the user properties, Profile tab.
If one is configured in the Profile path line, then that's where it will be.

Getting back to the original subject line, Home directory, the home folder
path would be set at the bottom section of the Profile tab under the user's
property. How do you have that set? What is the path? To properly set the
path, (this is the basic method) - on a server of your choosing with enough
free space to handle all of your users, create a share that we'll call
'users,'  Make sure the share and security permissions allow child folder
creation. Then in the home folder section, select a drive letter, and
configure the path to be:
\\servername\users\%username%. This will create a user's home folder
automatically giving them full control. If you need to get into it as a
domain admin, you can add domain admins to the user's security permissions.
This is the basic. I normally do a variation of this that is a little
involved to get into at the moment, but I wanted to illustrate the basics,
for now.

As for the logon script, I am assuming you entered "logon.bat" in the
Profile tab, logon line. If so, then any logon script name you enter in that
section, must be availabe in the NETLOGON share. That can be found in
windows\sysvol\sysvol\yourdomain.com\scripts folder. That folder is shared
as NETLOGON. Place the script in that folder and it will available.

Take a look at this link for steps to setup a logon script:
http://www.intelliadmin.com/blog/2006/05/how-to-setup-logon-script-on-your.html

For Windows 2008:
http://www.petri.co.il/setting-up-logon-script-through-active-directory-users-computers-windows-server-2008.htm

Profiles and Group Policy Primer:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/win2000ads/chapter/ch08.html

Ace

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