Deploy Software - Active Directory

From: M. Roming (cabal_at_spock.5sl.org)
Date: 05/27/04 

Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 21:56:26 +0200

Hi together,

I am trying to deploy .msi packages via our active directory server to
some special computers
or users. I have read some documentation - but there are still some
questions:

I only want to distribute the software via the active directory and NOT
via a shared folder
on the network. This means, I don't want a user to access the sofware
share via his
network neighborhood. But as i understood - to distribute software via the
active directory
I have to create a distribution point (network shared folder with read
access).
So the user can also access the software through the network neighborhood.

Is there a solution to deploy software without granting access to the
shared folder - so that
the user isn't able to install the software directly through the shared
folder

Kind regards
Markus

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