[K12OSN] M$ access from K12LTSP

[Timothy Smith]

Again since I don't have real world admin experience this may be way off
base...
Couldn't the HOME location be a variable in the roaming profile?
I know I've seen something similar to this in large office environments
(windows/novel based) where the user's mapped drives would follow the user
around the office to whatever machine they were logging on to.
I can imagine a script that runs on startup which would go ahead and connect
the user to mapped location x, y and z on login. Said "Your Documents"
folder would just be an extension of that functionality.
This would of course be only possible if the roaming profile could hold
information like that... somehow... :-o

I know, I know... It's all just theory without any facts. Sorry.
Think I just emptied my purse on that last $.02 worth.
Regards,
Tim

> erg! I have started a conversation that wasn't intended. ;)
>
> But ... I hadn't thought of this twist. Has possibilities, although not
sure how it plays in a roaming profile setup (is there a chance for
recursion if "My Documents" is located/points to somewhere outside the
profile directory of a roaming profile?)  Not exactly seeking and answer,
just thinking out loud.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Hopkins
>
> > Dave,
> > I'm not a sys admin by any means, but I was thinking that there might be
an
> > easy solution to your problem...
> > Why not change the "My Documents" icon on user's the desktop to a script
or
> > link that opens up the user's HOME directory. You could change the icon
to
> > look like the "My Documents" icon and perhaps name it "Your Documents"
> > (since they don't actually own the machine...:-)).
> > If any passwords that are needed, then you could go with the script idea
and
> > save the passwords in the registry and simply reference them as global
> > variables in your script. The latter helping keep security in place
while
> > making the connection seamless.
> > Not sure if it would help in your circumstance since it seems you were
> > already on the same track.
> > Just a little trick I use in M$ based web development.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Tim
> >
> >
> > > Norbert,
> > >
> > > > Thanks for the "testimonial" :-) .
> > >
> > > It did come across that way.
> > >
> > > >If I may, to address the floppy issue what we have done is mounted &
> > shared >the Linux home directory in Windows. So when the user saves a
file
> > it's >actually in their linux directory and they can then use mtools to
save
> > the >file locally on the floppy.
> > > >We've done this for each user mounting the appropriate directory to
the
> > Win >login account.
> > >
> > > Which is how I also have it implemented (But didn't say so in the
> > testimonial :) However, trying to get the concept across that when you
save
> > the file, it is actually being saved in your HOME directory is somewhat
> > foreign to users that think in term of the "My Documents" folder.  I
have
> > also mapped the Linux /home/user as a mapped drive, but getting the
users to
> > actually change the default location from "My Documents" to use the
share is
> > also a foreign concept.  I held a training session to show exactly the
> > process you describe, but ... in the words of one teacher: "It isn't
> > straightforward.  Why should I have to leave the Windows session just to
> > save a file to floppy."  This simple issue makes Linux look "inferior"
to MS
> > because it is different and requires (from their viewpoint) an extra
step.
> > Users do not want to have to keep track of what system they are
connected
> > to, etc. They just want to take a file and "copy" it somewhere. (It is
hard
> > enough to just get the concept !
> > > of logging off across, as opposed to just clicking on the X to kill
the
> > window/app/redesktop session/whatever)
> > >
> > > OT: The solution I want to implement is a groupware portal solution so
> > they can use a web browser (from home) to access any files.  Then this
whole
> > floppy/usb/"where is my data" issue may just go away.  Unfortunately,
there
> > a bunch of security concerns that have to be addressed before DOE will
let
> > this happen.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Dave Hopkins
> > > Newark Charter School
> > > Newark Delaware