mapped drives at logon

8 Feb 2006 11:49 PM

Ed Jones

Hello.
I have a very simple question but the answer eludes me. In setting up users
in a Windows 2003 Active Directory, I want mapped drives for the users taking
place at their local machines upon authentication in the domain.
For instance:
for john doe - map g: to \\server1\home\jdoe
- map j: to \\server1\finance\data
- map k: to \\server1\asdf\lookhere
Where john doe has permissions to the specific folders jdoe, data and
lookhere.

All of this, I want to setup on the server and have john log in anywhere in
the domain (which is not remote, nor Term Serv) and have the mapped drives
follow him around. That would be ideal, but if it takes place only on his
assigned computer, so be it.

Thanks so much,
Ed

9 Feb 2006 4:16 AM

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

In news:ECFAAD08-4778-463F-9D5E-C134E59CD21E@microsoft.com,

Ed Jones <EdJo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
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> Hello.
> I have a very simple question but the answer eludes me. In setting up
> users in a Windows 2003 Active Directory, I want mapped drives for
> the users taking place at their local machines upon authentication in
> the domain.
> For instance:
> for john doe - map g: to \\server1\home\jdoe
> - map j: to \\server1\finance\data
> - map k: to \\server1\asdf\lookhere
> Where john doe has permissions to the specific folders jdoe, data and
> lookhere.
>
> All of this, I want to setup on the server and have john log in
> anywhere in the domain (which is not remote, nor Term Serv) and have
> the mapped drives follow him around. That would be ideal, but if it
> takes place only on his assigned computer, so be it.
>
> Thanks so much,
> Ed

Use a login script....even a simple batch file.

net use * /del
(deletes all locally mapped drives)
net use g: \\server1\home\jdoe /persistent:no
net use j: \\server1\finance\data /persistent:no

etc -

You can either assign this per user (in ADUC properties) or via group
policy.

Batch files are not the only way to go, either - there's VBScript, Kixtart,
etc....

9 Feb 2006 7:17 PM

Ed Jones

Thanks for the valuable info. If I was now going to input the net use
commands into the properties of the user in ADUC, would I enter it as text
(unlike saving it as .bat) and where exactly would I input it?? Under the
Profile tab and on the logon script area??

Thanks again,
Ed

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:

>
>
> In news:ECFAAD08-4778-463F-9D5E-C134E59CD21E@microsoft.com,
> Ed Jones <EdJo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > Hello.
> > I have a very simple question but the answer eludes me. In setting up
> > users in a Windows 2003 Active Directory, I want mapped drives for
> > the users taking place at their local machines upon authentication in
> > the domain.
> > For instance:
> > for john doe - map g: to \\server1\home\jdoe
> > - map j: to \\server1\finance\data
> > - map k: to \\server1\asdf\lookhere
> > Where john doe has permissions to the specific folders jdoe, data and
> > lookhere.
> >
> > All of this, I want to setup on the server and have john log in
> > anywhere in the domain (which is not remote, nor Term Serv) and have
> > the mapped drives follow him around. That would be ideal, but if it
> > takes place only on his assigned computer, so be it.
> >
> > Thanks so much,
> > Ed
>
> Use a login script....even a simple batch file.
>
> net use * /del
> (deletes all locally mapped drives)
> net use g: \\server1\home\jdoe /persistent:no
> net use j: \\server1\finance\data /persistent:no
>
> etc -
>
> You can either assign this per user (in ADUC properties) or via group
> policy.
>
> Batch files are not the only way to go, either - there's VBScript, Kixtart,
> etc....
>
>
>

10 Feb 2006 3:05 PM

Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]

In news:B8E969A3-8DF5-4B78-B496-64D2113A3E5A@microsoft.com,

Ed Jones <EdJo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:

> Thanks for the valuable info. If I was now going to input the net use
> commands into the properties of the user in ADUC, would I enter it as
> text (unlike saving it as .bat) and where exactly would I input it??
> Under the Profile tab and on the logon script area??

I think you misunderstand. If you want to use a login script specified in
users' ADUC properties, create a batch file and put it in the \netlogon
share on your DC.

So, login.bat could contain -

net use * /del
net use h: /home /persistent:no
net use x: \\server\share /persistent:no
net use y: \\server\anothershare /persistent:no

etc.

Those are just basic commands; you can do a lot more.

Each user's ADUC properties would then just specify login.bat (with no
path).

Again, this is only one way to do it. You can also use group policy to
assign the script - you can use stuff besides batch files - etc.

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>
> Thanks again,
> Ed
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> In news:ECFAAD08-4778-463F-9D5E-C134E59CD21E@microsoft.com,
>> Ed Jones <EdJo***@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
>>> Hello.
>>> I have a very simple question but the answer eludes me. In setting
>>> up users in a Windows 2003 Active Directory, I want mapped drives
>>> for the users taking place at their local machines upon
>>> authentication in the domain.
>>> For instance:
>>> for john doe - map g: to \\server1\home\jdoe
>>> - map j: to \\server1\finance\data
>>> - map k: to \\server1\asdf\lookhere
>>> Where john doe has permissions to the specific folders jdoe, data
>>> and lookhere.
>>>
>>> All of this, I want to setup on the server and have john log in
>>> anywhere in the domain (which is not remote, nor Term Serv) and have
>>> the mapped drives follow him around. That would be ideal, but if it
>>> takes place only on his assigned computer, so be it.
>>>
>>> Thanks so much,
>>> Ed
>>
>> Use a login script....even a simple batch file.
>>
>> net use * /del
>> (deletes all locally mapped drives)
>> net use g: \\server1\home\jdoe /persistent:no
>> net use j: \\server1\finance\data /persistent:no
>>
>> etc -
>>
>> You can either assign this per user (in ADUC properties) or via group
>> policy.
>>
>> Batch files are not the only way to go, either - there's VBScript,
>> Kixtart, etc....

8 Mar 2006 2:26 PM

Dennis Backherms

I am also trying to implement a .bat file for mapped drives at logon. I
have the .bat file in the \scripts directory on the server but when the
user logs in, the drives are not there. Here is what I have in the
file:

@echo off
net use "\\servername\share" j:
net use "\\servername\share" k:

Please instruct me on how to do this step by step and tell me if the
syntax is incorrect. Also I noticed that in the syntax above, you have
"net use x: \\server\share /persistent:no". Can the /persistent:no be
changed to /persistent:yes? If you keep the /persistent:no, when the
user logs on again, then the drive will remap? Where might I find
reference to the different commands that one can use through .bat
files?
Thank you.

8 Mar 2006 2:35 PM

Dennis Backherms

I got it to work following the exact syntax from above. Now, if I need
to provide credentials, other than the logon credentials, to use a
network drive, what is the syntax for that?
Thank you.