[THIN] Re: GPO Loopback processing
- From: Jeff Pitsch <jepitsch@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:11:00 -0400
Replace ignores the user account OU gpo's. It does not run them at all.
Remember, Loopback processing ONLY affect User policies not machine.
Merge does what you describe. If there are conflicting settings the
Loopback gpo's take precedence.
Hopefully that makes sense.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:34 AM, James Scanlon <scanjam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Just to clarify for my own reasons
>
> Does this mean that if
> 1) an OU contains citrix servers and
> 2) has loopback policy enabled as replace
>
> Then: Any GPO's that are configured on the servers OU that contain USER
> settings, will REPLACE any users settings configured elsewhere in AD BUT
> only those settings that CONFLICT (or will it replace ALL?)
>
> How does Merge work? Does it combine user OU specified, and Machine OU user
> settings to make one
> "M E G A User Setting GPO??"
>
> Cheers
> ------------------------------
> From: joe.shonk@xxxxxxxxx
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: GPO Loopback processing
> Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:28:42 -0700
>
>
> You only need to set Loopback once. It’s a machine setting which affect
> user settings. I also do the thing where I setup a single GPO label
> Loopback and only set the GPO Loopback setting.
>
>
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Wilson, Christopher
> *Sent:* Friday, July 31, 2009 12:18 PM
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] GPO Loopback processing
>
>
>
> ‘Afternoon, y’all.
>
>
>
> I have a question about group policy loopback. Is the loop back setting
> good only within the policy where it is set, or does it apply to other
> policies, for instance in the same OU.
>
>
>
> I have always set the loopback for **each** policy with user settings I
> wanted to apply to a group of computers, as with Citrix servers.
>
>
>
> I am surveying the GPO’s at a new job and they have a policy called “GPO
> loopback” with only the loopback setting applied – nothing else. There are
> several other user configuration policies in the same OU and subcontainers,
> some of which use the loopback setting and some do not. My thought is that
> the policies without the loop back switch are not being applied.
>
>
>
> Is that right? The “loop back only” policy has me second guessing
> myself. (Unfortunately I don’t have access yet to run a RSOP)
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Christopher
>
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