Love it - Automation leads to relaxation. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method?
So, building the powershell stuff into a web page, with proper account credentials on the back end, and making it available to HR, is my preference. As someone around here used to say: Automation leads to relaxation. Heh. Kurt On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:49, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > It will work exactly the same, given the sole exception that ADUC/RSAT > provide additional parameter validation that PowerShell/ADSI do not. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:38 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Creating home directories - Best method? > > So, ADUC/RSAT will create the directory, if specified, at account creation. > > Will creating the account in powershell do the same? > > Kurt > > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 15:11, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >> You can do that with the AD PowerShell module (and with ADSI in earlier >> versions of PS, and with dsmod.exe in cmd.exe as far as that is concerned). >> >> I thought the question was about the best way to CREATE the home directory. >> Not to assign it. :-) >> >> Regards, >> >> Michael B. Smith >> Consultant and Exchange MVP >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 6:08 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method? >> >> Now that I have been bitten by the PowerShell bug, there is probably a PS >> cmdlet to do this: >> >> Get-Users -OnlyCitrixUsers | Set-HomeDirectory -Location Network -RootPath >> \\Server\Share -DriveLetter H: >> >> You think? :) >> >> >> Carl Webster >> Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional >> http://dabcc.com/Webster >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Subject: RE: Creating home directories - Best method? >>> >>> I like this KB: >>> >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816313 >>> >>> In my part of the computer world, I let Group Policy do the work for >>> TS/RDS/Citrix users. >>> >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > Subject: Creating home directories - Best method? >>> > >>> > We're planning out our migration from Novell to AD, and one of the >>> > things we're looking at is home directories. Is it best to create >>> > them through >>> AD >>> > (the Profile tab), or through Group Policy? >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
