how to map drive in client server env.

[linux1880]

I am using win2k and like to map a drive..i know how to map but how can i put the folder in map drive?

Is that SYSVOL the default folder...How can i find it's location? Can some1 help me plz?

 

[Inaris]

not sure I understand the questions. Can you explain a bit more what it is you want?

The default shares for win2k are C$, ADMIN$, IPC$. You have to connect to a valid share when mapping a drive. So if you are wanting to read the documents and settings folder on machine "computer1" then you would map \\computer1\C$\Documents and settings to what ever drive letter you wanted.
The ADMIN$ is the WINROOT folder. Either winnt or Windows, depending on the system config. The IPC share is used for remote interfaces, WMI, regedit and a few others.

hope that helps.

 

[linux1880]

Thanks inaris i did it and another problem came. I mapped the drive and I can see them on the server but not on the clients. Should it not happen automatically in client side? or do i have to do them manually. Clients OS are win2k professional

 

[linux1880]

another question iam admin myself and my server is not allowing me to access IPC$ , why?

 

[Inaris]

ok, I need you to explain in detail what you want to do. Are you wanting a login script or somthing to do this automatically?

The IPC$ share is used by the local admin accounts to allow applications to read informatino from the computer. it's not something that you can use. That is what C$ is for.

 

[Win2kpatcher]

I too am not positive what the ultimate goal is here. If you need to map client drives you can write a basic logon script to do this for you. Just use notepad to create it. Open a blank notepad document and write this

net use G: \\nameofserver\share
net use H: \\nameofserver\share


You get the picture then save it and rename the file extension to .bat and now you have a logon script. Place it in the "netlogon" folder of your AD server and set the user profiles to point to this logon script....

 

[linux1880]

thank you so much win2k patcher. That was what i wanted. But sorry for another question again...how do i point the logon script in user profile? file path ...?

cheers.

 

[Inaris]

are you running a Domain? Logon scripts really don't work well in workgroups cause there is no central server.
for workgroup - you can put it in the all users startup forlder if you so desire. That would do it for everyone then..

 

[linux1880]

No sir, I have a proper domain. I set it up from AD in win2kserver. I have mapped the drives in server itself. Just looking a way to access them through clients. I needed logon scripts. Which I got above. I have saved the required script in 'NETLOGON; folder.

Now I know i have to write something in user profile so that they can access the mapped drive from the clients machine.. What do i write in the user profile box .
Ican see

profile path:

logon script:

How do I fill in those box ? thanks in advance inaris.

 

[Inaris]

you enter the file name and location in the logon script field. The profile path is if you want to do roaming profiles so you would thne have a store on a server where you would place that. works great in small networks, but if you have to be on a remote, it get sluggish...
are the boxes greyed out or something?
let me rephrase the above... It's been a while for AD for me, so maybe someone else might know better, but in the NT4 env we currently work in, that is what we do. Man, I need to refresh my AD skills. :/