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Name: Rick Reid
Date: May 27, 2002 at 05:28:04 Pacific
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Hi
I want to be able to use Win2K GPO to map a network drive for all users who log onto a domain. I have written a template adm file like this:
CATEGORY "Drive Mappings"
CATEGORY "Drive Z: (The main directory)"
KeyName "Network\Z"
POLICY "Enable static drive mappings (Reconnect at Login)"
ACTIONLISTON
VALUENAME ConnectionType VALUE NUMERIC 1
VALUENAME ProviderName VALUE "Microsoft Windows Network"
VALUENAME ProviderType VALUE NUMERIC 131072
VALUENAME UserName VALUE ""
END ACTIONLISTON
PART "Drive Z:" EditText
VALUENAME RemotePath
END PART
PART "Enter the UNC path. This supports Microsoft Windows Networks," TEXT
END PART
PART "only. Ensure that this drive is not in use as a home drive." TEXT
END PART
END POLICY
END CATEGORY
END CATEGORY


I can add this as a template to a User Group Policy OK, but when I click on "Drive Z:" no policy dialog appears. It seems to be something to do with the KeyName command, but I am sure this is right - it worked on NT4.
Anybody any ideas?

Thanks

Rick



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Response Number 1
Name: Jennifer
Date: May 27, 2002 at 08:32:41 Pacific
Reply:

If this is their home directory, just put it in each user's profile. :)


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Response Number 2
Name: Rick Reid
Date: May 27, 2002 at 13:25:38 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks Jennifer

That's OK for one mapping. But if I also want to map Y: to something else, what then? I know I could use a logon script with NET USE commands, but according to Microsoft, we should all be using Group Policy with our Win2K servers.
I feel there must be a way to do this.


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Response Number 3
Name: futuretech
Date: May 27, 2002 at 14:03:19 Pacific
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How about different users in different OU's with seperate logon scripts called from different GPO's?


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Response Number 4
Name: Rick Reid
Date: May 28, 2002 at 05:16:49 Pacific
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Hi
Thanks for the post. It doesn't need to be that complicated. What I need basically is for every user in the domain to have his Z: drive mapped to \\win2kServer\someshare and his Y: drive mapped to \\win2kserver\users\%username%

I know I can do this from a logon script, but it does mean that users have to have the capability to run the NET.exe program.
If I did this via a straight GPO, then no extra capability would be needed.
Have you any idea why my .adm file doesn't work?


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