Can't fix the back-end issues without a big mop-up job - there's been a legacy of poor management here, settings are all over the place.
However, the idea of a manual mapping is something I'd overlooked....doh! I think I will go down that avenue.... On 17 March 2011 15:05, Charlie Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote: > I can see the help desk calls now: "I can't log in. Nope. No error message, > it just won't let me in." > > Probably better to check for the drive existence, toss a helpful error > message, and prompt for a manual mapping if it doesn't exist. Or better > yet, > fix the back-end issues that result in no home drive mapping. > > Dumping a user out of their session because an IT process doesn't work > doesn't sound like the best possible solution... > > *********************** > Charlie Kaiser > [email protected] > Kingman, AZ > *********************** > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 8:00 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Good way to prevent logon under certain conditions? > > > > Wouldn't users be averse to being logged off unceremoniously, whether > proper resources > > are available or not? > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM, James Rankin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > I'm already using VB, batch and PowerShell in the logon process at > some point. I'm > > trying to avoid over-complicating things (if I haven't already). is there > a PowerShell > > command that can force a logoff if a drive isn't present? > > > > > > On 17 March 2011 14:52, Cameron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Test out Kixtart...it rocks! > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:29 AM, James Rankin > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Just that adding the action to the logon script > seems to drag the > > logon a bit, which my users are sensitive to. That's probably because I'm > doing it in > > batch, though. I'm a script-o-saurus :-) > > > > > > On 17 March 2011 14:26, Cameron > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Scheduled Task? Seems like you're making a > mountain out of a > > mole hill. How is that better than tying to the logon process that they > have to do > > anyways? > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:06 AM, James > Rankin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm maybe thinking something like > that is better than > > tying it to the logon process, yes. Probably a scheduled task on a DC or > some such like. > > Obviously targeted to a group to avoid picking up admins and the like. > > > > > > On 17 March 2011 14:05, Guyer, Don > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > How about running a script > against AD that > > queries that setting, to look for any empty values? > > > > > > > > Don Guyer > > > > Windows Systems Engineer > > > > Datasafe Platform > > > > Enterprise Technology Group > > > > Fiserv > > > > [email protected] > > > > Office: > <tel:1-800-523-7282> > <tel:1-800-523- > > 7282> 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 > > > > Fax: <tel:610-293-4499> > <tel:610-293-4499> 610- > > 293-4499 > > > > www.fiserv.com > <http://www.fiserv.com/> > > > > > > > > From: James Rankin > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, > 2011 9:52 AM > > > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > > > Subject: Re: Good way to > prevent logon under > > certain conditions? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's the way it's done. I > just want some way > > of making sure that it is set to head off the support calls that may > ensue > if some user > > gets missed (because they will get some ugly errors). I could do it with > a > quick batch > > command but I was just wondering if anyone knew of anything different. > > > > On 17 March 2011 13:45, > Guyer, Don > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Why not just set their home > drive in AD? > > > > > > > > Don Guyer > > > > Windows Systems Engineer > > > > Datasafe Platform > > > > Enterprise Technology Group > > > > Fiserv > > > > [email protected] > > > > Office: > <tel:1-800-523-7282> > <tel:1-800-523- > > 7282> 1-800-523-7282 x 1673 > > > > Fax: <tel:610-293-4499> > <tel:610-293-4499> 610- > > 293-4499 > > > > www.fiserv.com > <http://www.fiserv.com/> > > > > > > > > From: James Rankin > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, > 2011 4:45 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Good way to > prevent > logon under certain > > conditions? > > > > > > > > I have some users that I > don't want to be able to > > log on to the system unless they have a valid home drive set. Is there > any > way anyone can > > think of to achieve this? I could just do a "if not exist H: logoff" > action as a logon script > > but that seems to run a little clunkily, does anyone have a more elegant > way of achieving > > this that they can think of offhand? > > > > TIA, > > > > > > > > JRR > > > > -- > > "On two occasions...I have > been asked, 'Pray, Mr > > Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right > answers > come out?' I > > am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that > could > provoke such a > > question." > > > > IMPORTANT: This email is > intended for the use > > of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information > that is > > confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with > low self-esteem, no > > sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. 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