How to configure a Home share under the User Manager for Domains
I came across this little trick while studying for my MCP Windows NT Workstation exam. This will allow you to create a home share from within the User Manager for domains for new users that you add to the domain.
Step 1 involves creating a directory called “Home” on one of your partitions (make sure it’s in the root of your partitions, i.e.
Now you can go to the User Manager for Domains and create a new user. Once you have entered all the users details, i.e. Username, Password and Groups, click on the Profile button. At the bottom of the dialogue you should see a Home Directory box. Check the Radio button next to Connect and select a drive letter that will be associated with the users networked home directory (for simplicities sake, choose H:). In the To box enter the following UNC path:
<YourServerName>Home%username%
By using the UNC path in combination with the %username% statement, you ensure that when you add the user to the SAM, it creates a directory in the Home share for that user, using his username as the directory name. Neat? I thought so!
Note: If you are using Windows NT workstation this will also automatically create a mapping on your system when you log on. However if you use Win9x, you will have to write a login script.