On 22/08/2010 01:44 a.m., Abe Lau wrote:
On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM, German Molano <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 21/08/2010 10:54 p.m., Abe Lau wrote:
Hi,
I have read that Windows 7 is using a new admx format and that
it is not
compatible with the old-school poledit. If I would like to
stick with a
Samba PDC, is there any elegant way to get Windows 7 client to
obey the
folder redirection(and possibly other rules) set using poledit&
NTConfig.pol?
Yes there is a way to do folder redirection with kixtart tools
you can write directly to the Windows Registry modyfing the
Workstation Settings.
In your netlogon start up script call kix32 runtime with your own
script with some values like these:
$UserShellFolders =
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders"
WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "Personal", "H:\Documents", "REG_SZ")
WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "AppData",
"H:\.winsettings\appdata", "REG_SZ")
WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "Desktop", "H:\WinDesktop", "REG_SZ")
WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "My Music", "H:\Music", "REG_SZ")
WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "My Pictures", "H:\Pictures", "REG_SZ")
WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "My Video", "H:\Videos", "REG_SZ")
WriteValue($UserShellFolders,
"{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}", "H:\Downloads", "REG_SZ")
I have been searching the mailing list, but there doesn't
seems to be much
detailed information on how to get Windows 7 to integrate
nicely with a
Samba PDC. Any insights?
Thanks,
Abe
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Thanks German Molano.
That may seems to be a viable solution. By the way, the webpage
doesn't mention Windows 7 being supported? Is the webpage just outdated?
Yes it is supported but some Registry values are protected and some
values differs from Windows 7/Vista to Windows XP/2000, but with
kixstart you could distinct between platforms and apply settings depend
on it, it could be done like this:
$ntversion = READVALUE("HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\", "CurrentVersion")
Select
Case $ntversion = 6.1 ;Windows 7
WriteValue(....
Case $ntversion = 6.0 ;Windows Vista
WriteValue(....
Case $ntversion = 5.1 ;Windows XP
WriteValue(....
Case $ntversion = 5.0 ;Windows 2000
WriteValue(....
Not knowing much about kixtart, does it mean that I could replace
everything in NTConfig.pol with a kixtart script? That would be an
elegant solution before Samba4 is ready I suppose :-)
NTConfig.pol modifies resgistry settings at logon, so yes you could
replace it, but is little less "graphical" because you deal with a
script not with a GUI. Also you could deliver policies with a Domain
Group basis with conditionals like this:
If InGroup( "MYDOMAIN\Accounting" )
WriteValue(....
EndIf
Abe
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