LAB6G: USER HOME DIRECTORIES
In this exercise, you will assign network base home directories to a user created earlier.

Log on to the PDC as administrator
Run Windows NT Explorer
Access the root directory of the drive you installed Windows NT Server on (Drive D: on most computers earlier). Create a new directory called USERSx (where x refers to your NT installation number, which was 0, 1 or 2).
Right mouse click the new directory and share the directory using a sharename of USERS. Do not change any of the default permissions assigned.

View the permissions on the share USERS [right mouse click, then Sharing, then Permissions

What are the share level permissions to the share USERS
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	EVERYONE........................................................................
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View the file permissions on the share USERS, [right mouse click, properties, security, permissions]
What are the file level permissions to the share USERS
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	EVERYONE........................................................................
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Close the permissions box

Double click on the directory USERS within Windows NT explorer

What are the current directories under the directory users

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Start User Manager for domains
Select the user user1 and click on profile, then connect drive H: to the path
\\pdcname\users\user1
[replace pdcname with the name of your primary domain controller]
Click on OK to close the User Environment Profile dialog box
Close User Manager for domains

Start Windows NT Explorer and view the directories under \users again

What are the current directories under the directory users

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This verifies that Windows NT server has created a home directory for the specified user
Try to access the directory by double clicking on it within NT explorer
What happened?
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Right mouse click on the sub-directory user1 and view the file permissions

What are the file permissions?

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As you can see, administrator has no rights to view the contents of the newly created home directory for user1
Log off the PDC, then log on as user1
Double click My Computer to display the current connected drives
What is drive H: connected to?
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Log off, then log back on the PDC as administrator

Summary
Network home directories are suited to users who move about the network a lot, or for organizations which require centralized storage of data. By default, when network shares are created, they are assigned full control to the group everyone. Sub-directories inherit the permissions of the parent directory, in this case, the directory USERSx inherits the file permissions of the parent or root directory.

A user can have a drive connected to the home directory on the network at log on time, and when a home directory is created, only the user has rights to that directory.

To support Windows95 clients with network home directories, It is recommended that you share the users home directory [with appropriate permissions settings], and have the user connect to \\servername\sharename