Question about home folder
Silly question but my co-worker and I have a small discussion about home folders and moving them to other server without copying the files over.
Basically I say we have to copy them over the new server before we change the users home folder re-direction.
He says we can change the home folder and everything will just copy over to the new path by itself.
What do you guys think? Is he right or wrong? Its driving us nuts and he actually just did that and it seems to not of worked but he said it worked somewhere else....
Basically I say we have to copy them over the new server before we change the users home folder re-direction.
He says we can change the home folder and everything will just copy over to the new path by itself.
What do you guys think? Is he right or wrong? Its driving us nuts and he actually just did that and it seems to not of worked but he said it worked somewhere else....
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cruwl
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If you're just using just re-direction it probably wont work like that at all, if you are using roaming profiles it may copy to the new location but I wouldnt bet on it.
Copy files to the new location, updated redirection link and it should be good after that assuming permissions stay the same. -
dbrink
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Have you thought about just taking a test account and perform the process to see what happens?Currently Reading: Learn Python The Hard Way
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Asif Dasl
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When you redirect the My Documents folder it copies files to the new location, but when you move the home directory it doesn't.
Recommendations for Folder Redirection: Group Policy
Migrate User Home Folders to a New File Server with all Security Permissions and Bulk Changes for Home Folder Paths. | DILSHAN'S BLOG