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"deaker00" wrote:
> OK...SO I have tested it...and it is as you say. If I use the
> Admin tools on
> a Windows 2000 workstation as the domain admin...it creates
> the user folder
> as required. If I do the exact same thing on an XP Pro
> workstation....the
> permissions get inherited and the owner is the administrator.
> This is
> WHACKED!!!!
>
> Is there any way around this? I need the user folders created
> as they are in
> Windows 2000 with the user as the owner of the folder and the
> permissions
> set as the Administartors groups and user with full
> control...NOT
> inheriting.
>
> Dan
> "lforbes" <UseLinkToEmail@WindowsForumz.com> wrote in message
> news:4224cabb$1_5@alt.athenanews.com...
> > "DEAKER00" wrote:
> > > I Have only tried it from XP as that is our
> workstation of
> > > choice ...
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > "Glenn L" <the.only(delete)@gmail dot com>
> wrote in message
> > > news:e5oeVWfHFHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > > > Are you doing this from XP or W2K pro.
> > > > If XP, have you tried from W2K pro? vice
> versa?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Glenn L
> > > > CCNA, MCSE 2000/2003 + Security
> > > >
> > > > "Deaker00@hotmail.com"
> <deaker00@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > >
> news:OIc79BcHFHA.4060@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > > >> HEllo,
> > > >>
> > > >> Havea quick question. I am using the
> %USERNAME% to
> > > create home folders
> > > >> for
> > > >> the users. Issue I am having is that
> if I perform
> > > this action from a
> > > >> workstation in the domain using the
> USER AND COMPUTER
> > > adminpak
> > > >> tools...the
> > > >> home folder is not created with the
> usual
> > > permissions. When I do this
> > > >> from
> > > >> the DC as the domain admin...the
> home folder gets
> > > created as
> > > >> required...with
> > > >> the user as the owner and with
> administrators and the
> > > user with full
> > > >> control. THe newly created folder
> also does not
> > > inhetit from it's parent
> > > >> (also what I want it to do). When
> this same function
> > > is done from a
> > > >> workstation and using the RUN AS and
> utilizing the
> > > domain admin...the
> > > >> folder
> > > >> is created...but the administrator
> is the owner and
> > > the permissions are
> > > >> inherited from the parent.
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm sure this has been asked
> before...just couldn't
> > > find an answer
> > > >> anywhere.
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks.
> > > >>
> > > >> Dan
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > You must have a Windows 2000 Server. With Windows 2003 and
> with
> > Windows XP, Microsoft has changed the way it creates the
> users home
> > folders. Yep, it blew me away too. So much for "added"
> security.
> > Basically with Windows 2003 Server when you create a users
> home folder
> > inside Active Directory using the %username%, it creates the
> folder
> > with the Inherited permissions. Therefore you must set the
> Users at
> > the Root Folder as read "This folder only" to make sure they
> aren't
> > inherited.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Lara
> >
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Hi,
I couldn’t find a way around it. With Windows 2003 server, it does
make the user the owner of the folder and Full-control on the folder,
but it does inherit now. I think they changed the way folder creation
was scripted.
Cheers,
Lara
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