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Permissions that need to be set to allow automate users home directory creations


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Yuval Sinay MVP

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SYMPTOMS

When you configure home directory for user (from "Active directory users and computers" - in Windows 2000/2003 domain or "User manager for domains" - in NT4 domain), you should add root share that will contain the user home directory - \\servername\sharename\%username%. To allow automatic creation of this home folder, there need to configure correct NTFS and Share permissions on home folder root share.

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RESOLUTION

To allow automate home directory creations, please make sure to apply this security settings on the root folder that should contain the user home directory.
 
NTFS - Add Special Permissions to "Authenticated Users" group:
 
        Traverse Folder / Execute File

        List Folder / Read Data

        Read Attributes

        Read Permission
 
             You may need to disable permission inheritance and make sure that the speical permissions dont apply to subfolders of the root
             folder ("Apply Onto:" "This Folder Only").
 
Share - Add: Change - permission to "Authenticated Users" group.
 
 
Tip 1: If the operating system of the file server are Windows 2000 server, remove any NTFS/Share permission for "Everyone" group.
 
Tip 2: You should to consider to use DFS or/and Windows Storage Server 2003 to store user gome folder.

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MORE INFORMATION

HOW TO: Configure Client User Profile Information for a Roaming User on Windows 2000
 

 
Simplifying Infrastructure Complexity with Windows Distributed File System
 

 
Windows Storage Server 2003
 

 

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Keywords: kb, KB555046, kbhowto, kbpubmvp, kbpubtypecca

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Article Info
Article ID : 555046
Revision : 4
Created on : 8/20/2020
Published on : 8/20/2020
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