Re: Setting up Folder Redirection?

In theory, you're mostly right :)

In practice, you need to look at RSOP more than you would look at what
appears to be linked to the object or it's OU. Why? Because GPO's get
applied top down. The last GPO applied wins most of the time. So in
practice, if you were to look at the OU or group object that the object was
a member of and try to discern the resultant set of policy, you may not see
all of the GPO's in the domain and therefore miss something you wanted to
see.

That may still be confusing, but I'm not sure how to simplify it anymore.
If that doesn't help, let me know and I'll try to address any specific
questions about it.

Contact off-line though.

Al

"G P Zob (Capt)" <GP_Zob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:053074F2-BDB9-4FFA-92CB-C3A8F4DBF034@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I found your advice a little confusing as I thought that a GPO was an
>entity
> containing a defined set of rules. If you wanted to apply some rules to a
> group/organisational unit or basically any node in the AD tree all you did
> was create a GPO holding the appropriate rules and then apply/link that
> GPO
> to the node. This being the case I'd have thought that if you look at the
> policies applied to a group then you were looking at the GPO!?
>
> In any case I've sorted my problem out... Downloading and installing GPMC
> (and by default RSOP) allowed me to see which node the GPO had been
> applied!
> :) All sorted !!
>
> "Al Mulnick" wrote:
>
>> I believe since there are two questions, two answers are needed. The
>> first
>> question about how to make this happen in the first place:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/gpx_redirecthome.mspx
>>
>> Check out the bottom of the page for some links to specific scenarios
>> that
>> match your criteria. As for whether or not to wait, that's a deployment
>> decision, but I'm in favor of simplified deployment and troubleshooting
>> scenarios. Do one or the other but not both at the same time.
>>
>> For the second question, how to find where this setting is being made it
>> *sounds* like you haven't looked at the GPO possibilities. You've been
>> looking in a group vs. the GPO that is setting this for the users. Check
>> out the doc linked above and see what it says about how to set this up.
>> You'll notice it's a GPO setting and not a group setting. If you have
>> GPO's
>> linked differently, you'll have to take that up with the folks that
>> deployed
>> it.
>>
>> RSOP might be a good place to start as would GPMC to get a feel for where
>> this is being set.
>>
>> Al
>>
>>
>>
>> "G P Zob (Capt)" <GP_Zob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:D0B0C4D7-E598-4A3E-B550-1BFA9A308F45@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Funnily enough I have the reverse situation!!
>> > I have inherited a network where, when you create a new user account in
>> > Active Directory users and computers and then log on to the domain with
>> > that
>> > account on an XP client, My Documents points to a network share on one
>> > of
>> > the
>> > servers (\\server\users\%username%) .
>> >
>> > The problem is that I want to change where all these folders live to
>> > another
>> > server, and I don't know where it has been setup in the first place.
>> >
>> > Places I have looked and ruled out:
>> >
>> > * right click My Docoments > Properties : There is a target folder
>> > location,
>> > but it is uneditable and there is no Move button.
>> >
>> > * \\server\c$\WINNT\SYSVOL\domain\scripts - There is a logon script
>> > here
>> > mapping some network drives but no redirection of My Documents.
>> >
>> > * Active Directory Users and Computers: Right-click the domain users
>> > Group>properties select Group Policy tab, select the group policy
>> > object
>> > in
>> > there and press edit.
>> > - Navigate to User Configuration\Windows Settings\Folder
>> > Redirection\My
>> > Documents RIGHT-
>> > CLICK>properties. There is no administrative policy specified
>> > - Navigate to User Configuration\Windows Settings\Scripts\Logon RIGHT-
>> > CLICK>properties. There are no scripts
>> >
>> > * Active Directory Users and Computers: Right-click the domain users
>> > Group>properties select Group Policy tab, select the group policy
>> > object
>> > in
>> > there and press edit. Navigate to User Configuration\Windows
>> > Settings\Folder
>> > Redirection\My Documents RIGHT-CLICK>properties. There is no
>> > administrative
>> > policy specified
>> >
>> > * Active Directory Users and Computers: In a domain users Group, right
>> > click
>> > a user>properties select the Profile tab. There is no Profile path, or
>> > Home
>> > folder specified. Logon script is specified, but see above for the
>> > contents
>> > of that.
>> >
>> > Somehow the location of My Documents has been redirected but I have no
>> > idea
>> > what's doing it. Does anyone know what else might be setting this? (I
>> > don't
>> > really want to go hacking through everyones registry to repoint things)
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > G [MCSD]
>> >
>> > "thawkz" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have a similar situation:
>> >> Current infrastructure: Windows 2k native mode. (migrating to 2k3
>> >> soon)
>> >> Goal: Implement folder redirection (for "my documents" only) thru GPO.
>> >> *Already have share setup for user's folders - each user is mapped to
>> >> this
>> >> share during login.
>> >> *There is already a folder name that matches their username in this
>> >> location. Users are currently storing files in this location, as well
>> >> as
>> >> their local My-Documents folder. We want to centralize their storage
>> >> location.
>> >> *Want to redirect My-Documents to the existing "username" folder and
>> >> not
>> >> lose existing data.
>> >> *Not sure if "home directory" option mentioned in previous post is an
>> >> option
>> >> (isnt this for legacy Home directories?)
>> >> 1) Should we wait until 2k3 infrastructure is implemented to deploy
>> >> Folder
>> >> redirection?
>> >> 2) What is best overall approach (whether we wait or not) given the
>> >> four
>> >> folder-redirection configuration options?
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >> "Chriss3 [MVP]" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> > You can't use Network Drives with Folder redirection because the
>> >> > redirect
>> >> > occur before the Network Drive Connects.
>> >> >
>> >> > You can let the folder redirect create the my documents folder
>> >> > within
>> >> > there
>> >> > existing home folders if you want, by select that option.
>> >> >
>> >> > If you redirect the Application Data folder you chose to place it on
>> >> > a
>> >> > network share instead of inside the user profile.
>> >> >
>> >> > Have a look at User Data and Settings Management white paper:
>> >> > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/technologies/management/user01.mspx
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Regards
>> >> > Christoffer Andersson
>> >> > Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
>> >> >
>> >> > No email replies please - reply in the newsgroup
>> >> > ------------------------------------------------
>> >> > http://www.chrisse.se - Active Directory Tips
>> >> >
>> >> > "S.Joseph" <sjoseph@xxxxxxxxxxx> skrev i meddelandet
>> >> > news:%23vV$2lvLFHA.1172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> > > I'd like to set up folder redirection on our Server2003 for all
>> >> > > users
>> >> > > within the network as well as users connecting through Citrix
>> >> > > Terminal
>> >> > > Server.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > However, instead of directing everyone to one share on the server
>> >> > > I'd
>> >> > > like
>> >> > > them redirected to their personal share ("U:\" drive).
>> >> > > Am I correct in assuming that I will have to create new folders in
>> >> > > each
>> >> > > users' share (my documents, desktop, application data, start
>> >> > > menu...)? Is
>> >> > > there a less time-consuming workaround to this?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > HOW do I set everyone's folders to redirect to their personal U:
>> >> > > drive?
>> >> > > If a user logs onto a different machine will that machine's
>> >> > > Outlook
>> >> > > client
>> >> > > pull all settings (i.e. .nk2 files) from the application data
>> >> > > folder
>> >> > > on
>> >> > > the server?
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Thanks in advance for your help.
>> >> > > Siby
>> >> > >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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