Lanwench
Mon Mar 24 07:31:14 PDT 2008
Bill <wlawrence@niskayuna.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to set up the proper rights to give users a home directory
> on a win 2k3 server. the file structure is like this:
> \\server\ou\users with each user having his own folder like this:
> \\server\ou\users\user1....user2....user3....etc.
>
> is there an easy way to give them rights to their own folder without
> having rights to all the other folders in the \users folder?
>
> thanks in advance
> Bill
My first question is, why home directories at all in this day and age? Use
folder redirection instead, for My Documents at least (also can do this for
Desktop & Application Data).
Also, you've written \\server\ou - that's fine for a share name but does
make me wonder if you think this has something to do with OUs, which it
don't. :-)
I'd use \\server\users$ (a hidden share, and not a subfolder of another one)
Re permissions on \\server\users$ ...
Share = Everyone, full control
NTFS security - see if
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274443 helps - it's
for folder redirection, but I think it works for home directories, too)
You might also see
http://www.techtalkz.com/windows-server-2003/139013-home-directory-permission-soup.html -
and if you have W2003 R2 see
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/datacenter/?p=276.
I have stopped using home directories on any new installs and am slowly
migrating my clients over to use folder redirection. You can map a drive to
\\server\users$\%username%\My Documents if need be although it isn't
necessary.