Mapped Network Drive problem

[macPhallus]

Hi All

Scenario:

Small network on MS Server 2003. (40 users logging in to one Domain)

A login script creates the same mapped drive for everyone (common “storage”).

Some users have a mapped drive to a common Database, residing on a Win 2000 PC.

I’ve been requested to change all User Accounts, on XP machines, to Limited accounts.

This is fine – when the user logs in (with changed, limited account), the login-script-generated-mapped-drives are visible.

The problem is, however, that the drives that were mapped from the user’s PC disappear. (One can re-map the drives again).

Change User Account back to Administrator privileges and all mapped drives show up.

Change User Account back to Limited and only the login-script-generated-mapped-drives are visible.

Any account, apart from the Administrator account, has the same results i.e. Power Users, Backup Users, etc.

Am I missing a security or permissions setting?

Is this happening because I am changing permissions on the account settings instead of creating a new account?

Any feedback will be great

mac

 

[stoke]

Hu ?
<Q>Change all User Accounts, on XP machines, to Limited accounts ?</Q>
What is that ?

Surely that involves creating another user profile on the XP machine.
And network connections [net use] are stored per profile on XP machines, never mind the rest of the "personal settings" and "my documents" and all that stuff.

Once you've created a new acount, you'll have to use the Copy Profile utility to copy the original user's [Administrator] profile to the new user's profile. It's a schlep, but then maybee they'll get to keep their documents and other settings as well.

Well - that's if i'm barking up the right tree...

HELP : Sign in as Administrator - Open XP's help and support thing, type in Copy a User Profile as the search criteria ...

 

[useless]

do the user's mappings to the share on the windows 2000 PC require admin rights perhaps?

 

[Franna]

Check the Windows 2000 shared folder permission properties, as well as NTFS permissions. To quickly test if it is a permission problem, give shared access permission to "Everyone", and make sure "Everyone" is listed under NTFS permissions for the shared on the Win2K machine.

 

[macPhallus]

Hu ?
<Q>Change all User Accounts, on XP machines, to Limited accounts ?</Q>
What is that ?

Surely that involves creating another user profile on the XP machine.
And network connections [net use] are stored per profile on XP machines, never mind the rest of the "personal settings" and "my documents" and all that stuff.

Thanks for the reply, Stoke.

Being in a rush, I thought by changing Account setting (log in as Admin – User Management – Change Account Type….) was a tad less of a schlep than creating a new account, and transferring profiles…

It does seem that I’m in for a schlep…

 

[Person]

do the user's mappings to the share on the windows 2000 PC require admin rights perhaps?

Correct they do, only the admin account would be able to have those accounts. Unless they are admin accounts\ have admin rights they will not have the map shared drives to the 2000 PC.

 

[macPhallus]

Check the Windows 2000 shared folder permission properties, as well as NTFS permissions. To quickly test if it is a permission problem, give shared access permission to "Everyone", and make sure "Everyone" is listed under NTFS permissions for the shared on the Win2K machine.

Hi Franna
It's not a permission problem - the user can re-map the drive manually again after login.

The problem is that after the user’s account is set to a restricted account on his/her PC it will not (auto) reconnect to mapped drives after login (but the user can do so, manually).

If the user’s account is set back to Administrator right on his/her PC all the mapped drives appear again.

I think the problem lies with me just changing the user’s account to a restricted account instead of creating a new (restricted) account and transferring the user profile to the new account.

I have yet to test this theory however...

Regards

mac