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Creating mandatory roaming profiles

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by joe donahue

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I am running a Win2k Advanced server domain and up until now have only created users. I need to create a group for 15 new users that need only domain users rights but I'd like to give them mandatory roaming profiles so they can access their accounts and data from any computer in the domain. Is there a step by step process that somebody can walk me through? Or at least steer me in the right direction? I also need to create a group for 10-12 users that will need local admin rights, I want theseto be mandatory as well as roaming also.

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by d.walker5

To create a standard roaming user profile you must have permission to administrator the server in which the user accounts will reside. Also, the copying of roaming user profiles between the server and the client computer can use substantial bandwidth and other computer resources. If the profiles are on a DC this can delay authentication, so I suggest using a member server,

To setup a roaming user profile:

?On the server, create a shared folder and use a path with the following format: \\server_name\shared_folder_name.
?On the Profile tab on the properties dialog box for the user account, provide the path to the shared folder in the Profile Path box -- e.g. \\server_name\shared_folder _name\%username%.

To create a standard roaming user profile:

?Open the AD Users and Computers console and create a user profile template with the appropriate configuration.
?Create a shared folder on the server, which will be used to access the profile template from the remote computer.
?Name the template NETUSER.MAN. Copy the user template to the shared folders on the server and specify the users permitted to use the profile in the Use Profile tab In the Systems Properties dialog box in the Control Panel.
?Specify the path to the profile template in the Profile tab in the users Properties box.

Creating 10-12 users with Admin Rights can open a hugh security hole?

Hope this helps.

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