[THIN] Re: NT 4 global profile change
- From: Angus Macdonald <Angus.Macdonald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:29:38 +0100
My app uses tscmd and generates a .cmd file with all the tscmd commands =
you
need to achieve the changes you want. It doesn't handle the initial
exporting though - I've only ever needed to make bulk changes in W2K =
(NT4
isn't a problem since you can do the same thing in user manager) and a =
REAL
man has the self-belief to pretend any cockups were intentional ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Durbin [mailto:techlists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 12 May 2004 20:29
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: NT 4 global profile change
I posted this a few weeks ago. TSCMD can query values as well as set =
them,
so it can be used initially to generate a list of current users and =
their
settings which could then be used in the event of a problem to revert to
those original settings:
<----------------- SNIP ------------------------>
There are a few ways to do it. You can't directly get to the TS =
properties
via VBScript in NT4 or 2000, so you have to use the Windows API. That
requires a COM object created in anotheer language, like Visual Basic, =
that
can be called from the scripting language. Thomas Eck has written about
this:
Practical Usage of ADSI: Using COM Objects to Manage WTS Profile Paths, =
Part
2
http://www.winnetmag.com/WindowsScripting/Article/ArticleID/20509/20509.h=
tml
This method is preferred if you want to apply some logic to the =
process,
like changing properties for users in a particular OU, or only users =
that
belong to certain groups.=20
Because you want to make the same change to all users, there's an =
easier
way to do it. There's a program you can download from The Thin at:
http://thethin.net/tsdownload.cfm
It's called TSCMD, and allows you to set the TS properties from a =
command
line. For example, to set the drive, you'd go:
Tscmd server username TerminalServerHomeDirDrive H:
Tscmd server username TerminalServerHomeDir \\server\home\username
If you use the 2nd method (TSCMD), your next question will be how to =
call
the program for each user. You'll need a text file that has all your
usernames listed in it, each one on it's own line, like this:
User1
User2
User3
Put TSCMD and the text file in the same directory. Let's say the text =
file
is called userlist.txt. Open a command prompt and change to that folder.
Issue these commands:
For /f %x in (userlist.txt) do tscmd server %x =
TerminalServerHomeDirDrive H:
For /f %x in (userlist.txt) do tscmd server %x TerminalServerHomeDir
\\server\home\%x
The For-in-do loop reads userlist.txt, and issues the commands after =
the
'do' part for each line in the text file. During each execution, the %x
variable is set to the username.
Regards,
Jeff Durbin
<----------------- SNIP ------------------------>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Kenzig=20
> http://thin.net
> Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 3:11 a.m.
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: NT 4 global profile change
>=20
> That object is at:
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> http://cwashington.netreach.net/main/tools/default.asp?topic=3Dn-z
> JK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Chris Lynch
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 10:56 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: NT 4 global profile change
>=20
>=20
> Or just look for WTS_ADMIN.DLL on Google. That will give you=20
> the ability to create a script to mass change all of your=20
> users. If you need assistance with creating the script, just=20
> let me know off list.
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> Chris
>
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