For as long as I remember, I have populated the drive letter and network path 
for the Home Folder attribute in AD.  We also perform this mapping in the logon 
script, which is at least partially redundant.  We have been having a problem 
with this drive letter mapping to the top level of the share, instead of all 
the way to the user's folder.  In researching the issue, I have found reports 
of this being a bug (e.g. 
http://www.techsupportforum.com/microsoft-support/windows-nt-2000-2003-server/145050-home-folder-active-directory.html).

Since we are already setup to do this in the logon script, I would like to 
remove the attribute from AD.  To make sure that there are no unintended 
consequences, I tried to research whether this attribute might control/do 
something other than just the drive letter.  I found something indicating it 
affected an environment variable, but it didn't sound like anything that would 
cause a problem.  Unfortunately, my google-fu is weak and I haven't been able 
to find enough info to discount the possibility that it will create a 
(new/different) problem.

Can anyone confirm if this attribute does anything other than a drive letter 
mapping?  Any other impact from changing the selection to "local path" and 
leaving that blank?

Bill Mayo
Pitt County MIS
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