[KLUG Members] Windows 2000 Question

[Adam Williams6]

>I know this is a LINUX discussion group but, I was hoping that someone 
>might have the answer to this.

Yes it is.  We frown pretty heavily on WinXX questions.  There are 
innumerable forums for Windows support (albiet, they all suck and are 
populated by hopeless PC jokeys).  I'd recommend Usenet.  Just the fact 
that one needs to use NNTP keeps out the drooling idiots.

>I use icons saved in folders for groups of people. When they logon and 
>depending what group they are there icons will be placed on the desktop. 
>IE when High school students logon, they get MS office Icons and IE. W

We do much the same thing with Samba + OpenLDAP

>hen Staff logon they get: MS office and some other programs that they
>need. Now, the policy thought Scipt Logic is for Desktop Icons to go to   
>ads1\policy\HS staff\desktop I put the policy file in the 
>\\ads1\netlogon\policy for testing and this would replicate to the 
>other domain controllers the files. 

Yep, rsync works for stuff like that.

>When a user is at another building we have them configured to go to the 
>local domain controller and use the net logon\policy folder. 
>The problem is, if the ADS or other domain controller (that the user is 

Ok, now I know your trolling. ADS go down?! Eh?  Like that ever happens.  
This is Windowss 2000 *PROFESSIONAL* build on "NT Technology"!

Ever notice if you expand "NT Technology" it says "New Technology 
Technology"?  What does that mean?  Does Microsoft have a stutter?

>configured to use) is down, then there icons are not on their computer
> and the screen goes blank

Yes, same thing happens to us when ever (not if ever) Ameri-wreck trashes 
the frame relay network.

>I would like to put a switch so that it will look for the local domain 
>controller and use those files. 
>IE:   \\LocalDoaminController\Netlogon\policy  I do not know how to 
>make this work. If anyone knows I would appreciate it. 

Why not always use the local policy file?  If your replicating/pushing it 
out there....  You call call regedit from the logon script and tweak 
whatever values you want.

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