I apologize to everyone for asking this because it's been done to death, but could someone PLEASE explain how to map to a user's home directory with a Windows 98 client? I just don't get it. And please don't say "search the message board" because I've done that and tried all the suggestions, but none have worked for me.Here's what I've got: A W2K server called SERVER. A W98 client. Let's say the client's username is BSmith. I want BSmith's home drive to be mapped to C:\users\bsmith on the server. The folder "users" is shared as "users" but "bsmith" is not shared.
Ok, in Active Directory Users and Computers, I go to the PROFILE tab of BSmith and set his home folder to connect to \\server\users\%username%. This creates the "bsmith" folder in "users" folder.
In my Kixtart script, I've tried:
USE H: @HOMESHR --doesn't work
USE H: "@HOMESHR" --doesnt' work
I've read on here that W9x clients can't map to folders below a share, and that you need to make them a hidden share, so this is what I did:
* I shared the BSMITH folder as BSMITH$
* I changed the home folder profile path on the server to map to \\server\bsmith$
I then ran my script. Still does NOT work.
I also tried using USE H: "\\server\@userid$" but this does not work either.
Can someone PLEASE PLEASE tell me what I need to do:
1. On the server to get this mapping to work.
2. On the client to get this mapping to work.
3. Put in my script to get this mapping to work.
Also, I would really prefer NOT having to use the "hidden share" thing if at all possible. This would mean I can't use the %username% variable setting up user accounts and that I would have to manually go to the USERS folder and manually create hidden share names for ever user(!).
Thanks in advance.