[THIN] Re: Hidedrives
- From: Magnus <Magnus@xxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:30:24 -0400
Here here....
I have done 2500 user accounts with VBS/WSH took 10 minutes to include group
membership, TShome dir and TS profile path as well as creating and sharing the
Home dir on a file server
with CMD or shell script it took a little over an hour.
the learning paid off as well, I store that info in a SQL database (that I fill
with a dump from AD every 2 days) so Just in case something hapens to our DC's,
mirrored drives, back up tape and ghost image I have another backup for account
info
Magnus
Quoting "Durbin, Jeff" <jdurbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I don't want to start the whole 'VBScript vs. CMD file vs. Kix' debate
> again, but I will just say that VBScript is way faster than using
> IFMEMBER and REG. I rewrote a customer's 1700 line CMD login script in
> VBScript and it went from minutes to seconds. I do agree that it's more
> complicated to write VBScript, but the payoff for a little learning is
> tremendous.
>
> Jeff Durbin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Braebaum, Neil [mailto:Neil.Braebaum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:51 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Hidedrives
>
>
> You don't even need vbscript - you could do it with cmd files and
> resource kit utilities (IFMEMBER.EXE and REG.EXE).
>
> And whilst I do quite a bit of vbscript / WSH / ADSI stuff, this would
> be more complex via vbscript than it needs to be. You would have to use
> WSH (either that, or WMI) to access the registry, and rather convoluted
> stuff in ADSI to establish group membership. Whereas using command
> files, or say something like Kix it's all very direct - one-liners for
> both the group membership check, and the registry writes.
>
> Neil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Durbin, Jeff [mailto:jdurbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 03 September 2003 17:45
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Hidedrives
> >
> >
> > No, but as a workaround, you could use a VBScript to set the
> > reg key based on group membership during logins. Just be sure
> > to call it before Explorer loads. If I remember correctly, if
> > you call it from USRLOGON.CMD, that runs before Explorer. If
> > not, call it from AppSetup in WinLogon.
> >
> > Jeff Durbin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Fraser [mailto:chrisfraser@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:16 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Hidedrives
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've implemented system policies (nt4 style, not GPOs) on a
> > newly built win2k sp3 server in an NT4 domain.
> >
> > I have an issue where the policy for hiding drives does not
> > stick. If I set the policy, save the file, close poledit and
> > then open it up again, the setting has been greyed out.
> > Drives are still visible to users on the system.
> >
> > I have created a separate template (hidedrives.adm) for
> > hiding drives so that I do not need to edit the standard
> > ADMs. I have insured that there is no other place in the
> > policy that I have configured the drive visibility.
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this issue?
>
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