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Name: edokid
Hey everyone,
When I used Mac OS X Server, I could click any user name, and say create home directory and say limit to 1gb. It would make a folder with their username on the server, that they could access over the network for their own files.
Is there any way to do this from Server 2003? Or do I just create folders with their username, and share it so only they have permission?

Yes Windows does not make a distinction between Home folders and Root folders like Linux which Mac OSX is based off of. So yes you make a Directory called User or Home or what ever you like then add folders for all of your users under this directory. Then go to the Administrative Tools and select File Server Resource Manager. Here you can setup quotas on each of the user folders. Next give the users permissions to their folders. Last, go to the default GPO and setup a login script to map them a drive using their username to map the folder. Make sure the folders match their user names. Here is an example of a login script I use granted it is written in VB. If you like power shell then use NET to map drives.
Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next' Initializes Vars
Dim objNetwork ' Creates Networking Object.
Dim strRemotePath(10) ' Stores UNC paths.
Dim strDriveLetter(10) ' Stores Drive Letters.
Dim strUserName ' Stores the Users Login Name.strRemotePath(10) = ""
strDriveLetter(10) = ""
strUserName = ""' Constructs Object to get login info.
set objNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUserName = objNetwork.UserName' Map the Drives
objNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "H:", "\\yourserver\" & strUserNameWScript.Quit
If you are not confident with this I recommend you contract with a Windows Server tech to help you out.

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