Problem that has never been resolved, Mapped home directory

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I have posted this question a few times and lots of responses with the same
problem. I am using 2003 R2 Server with Active Directory. When I set up the
students and staff when I create their profile and Active directory I map
their home directory \\servername\students\%username% in the active
directory profile.
When I do this each day I have students and staff that are unable to access
their home directory because it maps to the root of the student folder
instead of their home folder that is inside of that folder! If I did not mind
that students see the other students folders I could add read privleges then
they could browse to their folder but then cheating begins. I know I can map
the drive to
regain the drive, I can have them log off and back on and the will sometimes
get their home directory back, but they should not have to do this all the
time! It is growing very frustrating when they lose their data because of
this. Does anyone out there have the Cure for this problem? I have event
tried login scripts with
the same results! Looking at all the hits I get each time I post this issue
it is a problem! We have a K-12 School so it is very hard to tell a 7 year
old how to map a drive! It should just be there for them.


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  • Re: Problem that has never been resolved, Mapped home directory
    ... I hope you are aware that home directory and profile path are two different things. ... Make sure you set proper permissions on the root share "students" atleast authenticated users should have a "Read & Execute", List folder contents", Read. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
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    ... Active Directory. ... you can do it before the folder is even ... they will get the correct Home Directory mapping as well. ... unexpected results in the future where more than one user shares a home ...
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    (microsoft.public.windows.server.active_directory)
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    ... We have, on occcations disconected network ... for three days etc) and we have found a couple of students ... the students to save all work in a folder and between ... >have enforced it (expelled the ones found cheating, ...
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