In window - server
What is home directory:-
Feature of active directory services which used to provide centralized
data storage management. This folder is automatically mapped & will be
displayed in the Computer when a user login into the domain controller from any
client & saves data in that mapped folder now logoff. The data will be
automatically saved in that mapped folder & when user will login second time
that data will be available to that user .To do this we have to perform these steps:-
1> Open
any NTFS disk drive in my computer & create a shared folder name it as home,
in the permission section give full control to everyone.
2> Now
again open home folder & create another shared folder with user’s name.
3> Now
open active directory user’s computer & select desired user’s properties
then click on profile above now select last option connect to Z & type path
for the home directory
4> EG
server name \folder name \username à
royalshampe.com\home\rahul.
5> Apply
ok.
What is user profile?
User profile is a collection of
personal data associated to a specific user & multi user. It contain all personal
settings my computer, doc, picture, vedio’s etc. In window server 2008 active
directory security server supports only two profiles.
1> Local
or Default profile
2> Roaming
profile
Local profile à
when user’s personal settings save on the local machine or in default profile. This
type of profile does not follow the user each time. When the user login from
any another computer then default or local folder automatically created on that
computer regarded to the user.
Roaming profile à
this type of profile follows the user each time .Because user personal setting
will be saved in to the specific storage server. To create the profile we have
to perform some tasks are:-
1> Open
nay NTFS disk drive.
2> Create
the folder with the name profile in the permission section give control to everyone.
3> Now
again open the profile folder & create another folder with the name of user’s.
4> Now
open active directory user’s console and select user’s id & in the profile
section type path for the user profile.
5> \\server name\user
name\folder name EG à \\ royalshampe.com\rahul\profile
.