[gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users

Craig,

One thing to check right off the bat are the NTFS permissions on the server 
where you have relocated the user's 'My Documents' data. As you test a few, 
make sure that they are what you want. Here are some other considerations:


*         Make sure that the local Server Admin has access (if 
appropriate...and usually it is).

*         Make sure that each user only has access to their own data (Your 
server share might be hidden from easy browsing, but there are ways to discover 
it from the local user's registry).

*         Decide how to scan for and handle users who discover the shared 
folder location-and quickly realize they can create and store almost anything 
there-totally outside their My Documents folder-some organizations pre-create a 
share on the server for each individual user and lock the permissions down that 
way...other use a common share where many user's data goes.

*         Perhaps also disable the ability for users to personally change their 
My Documents location. We did this for our folks back in 2000 and have left it 
that way ever since.

User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Desktop | Prohibit User from 
manually redirecting Profile Folders

Explanation
Prevents users from changing the path to their profile folders.
By default, a user can change the location of their individual profile folders 
like Documents, Music etc. by typing a new path in the Locations tab of the 
folder's Properties dialog box.
If you enable this setting, users are unable to type a new location in the 
Target box.

Jerry Cruz | Group Policies Product Manager | Windows Infrastructure 
Architecture (http://wia.web.boeing.com<http://wia.web.boeing.com/>) | Boeing IT
Office 425-865-6755 | Mobile 425-591-6491

From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Craig Meyer
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 6:06 AM
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users

OK, i'll give it a try.If anyone in the meanwhile think of something that i can 
try please let me know.
Craig Meyer

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Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:51:08 +0100
From: Andrew.McHale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Craig,

I remember reading when I did this that it can take a couple of log on/off's 
for the files to redirect. I believe it took my test machine a couple of times.

Give that a try

Andrew


From: Craig Meyer [mailto:craigmeyer8@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 August 2008 13:25
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users

No offence - i did put it in as the servername yes and not the word 
"servername",

I did run gpupdate /force and it asked me to logg off, so i logged off the 
server and my PC and logged back on.Now at the moment there are 3 folders under 
the folder on the server only. Administrator, my name and the other IT 
technician's name. However, the size of my name's folder is 0, the other 
technician is 0KB but the Administrator is 233KB. the Administrator folder make 
sense with the size and cotent of the folder but none of the other 2 folders.

Anyone know why:
1) My and the other tech's folders is showing 0KB
2) When i try to access my and the other folder it says "Access is denied" - 
can this be because i am logged on remotely onto the server with the 
Administrator account?
3)Where are all the other users folders?
Craig Meyer

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Him Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings 
feared Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited 
no crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 2day...."
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:46:49 +0100
From: Andrew.McHale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Craig,

Don't take offence if this is a stupid question but you did change 
\\servername\ to be the name of the server your share is on?

Also, use the command 'gpupdate /force' either in a command window or at the 
run menu to speed up the group policy refresh. You'll probably need to log off 
and/or reboot afterwards.

Andrew


From: Craig Meyer [mailto:craigmeyer8@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 08 August 2008 12:37
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users

Thank you Ian, it did work. Now i am just waiting for the gpo to force/apply 
itself and i will see what actually happened.
Craig Meyer

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Him Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings 
feared Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited 
no crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 2day...."
=================================================================
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and z is keeping your mouth shut.
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:30:13 +0100
From: ian.kibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Craig,

That's correct, make sure you have selected "Create a folder for each user 
under the root path" as well (above RootPath text field)

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From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Craig Meyer
Sent: 08 August 2008 12:13
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users

Hi Ian

Thank you for the quick response.

So how i understand you is like this :  What you are saying is that (bear in 
mind that i am working remotely on my Win Serv 2003 when setting this up ) 
instead of typing D:\MyDocRedirection (which refers to the local D drive on the 
server) as the root path i need to change it to \\servername\MydocRedirection 
and i should be set then hey - do i understand you correct?
Craig Meyer

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Him Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings 
feared Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited 
no crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 2day...."
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and z is keeping your mouth shut.
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Subject: [gptalk] Re: Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:05:27 +0100
From: ian.kibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Craig,

You will want to make sure you are using a UNC path for folder redirection, if 
you were to set it how you've done it - when the user logs in they will be 
looking for their MyDocuments in the D: drive of there PC (probably a CD drive).

During the configuration of the root folder for your redirected my documents 
you would have had to share it (hidden/not hidden) use this share name for the 
UNC path example for GPO > \\servername\MydocRedirection or 
\\servername\MyDocRedirection$ (if hidden)

Hope this helps/makes sense.

Any more q's let me know

Ian
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From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Craig Meyer
Sent: 08 August 2008 11:59
To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gptalk] Problem to redirect My Documents for all the users

Hi all

This is the first time that i'm trying to configure Folder Ridirection and i 
followed article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc782799.aspx as a 
guide. However if i do it the way of the article i get a "Warning" right at the 
end when i click Finish. I click No on the warning as i do not know what it 
mean.

The warning says "The target path is not a UNC path. If this is not a valid 
local path at the client (which it isn't because the document told me to put in 
there the path on the server where everyone's documents must go to so it shows 
D:\MydocRiderection) , folder redirection will fail. Are you sure you want to 
use this path as the target? Y/N

Question: Why is it giving me this error?

Thank you for the help
Craig Meyer
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Him Teacher, no medicine - yet they called Him Healer, no army yet the Kings 
feared Him. He won no military battles yet He conquered the world. he commited 
no crime yet they crucified Him. He was burried in a tomb yet He lives 2day...."
=================================================================
If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; 
and z is keeping your mouth shut.
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