Logon script location??

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Where should the logon scripts be stored on the Win2k Domain Controllers?
The netlogon share? Can .bat files still be used ?

Thanks.
 
They are stored in the netlogon share, and the common custom is to use the
..CMD extension for NT-based clients and .BAT for Win9x clients.

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MLK said:
Where should the logon scripts be stored on the Win2k Domain Controllers?
The netlogon share? Can .bat files still be used ?

Thanks.
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"Yes" to both questions.
 
Also, by default, if you're using GPO-based logon scripts, when you browse
the files location in the logon script dialog of a GPO, it will default to
sticking the scripts in SYSVOL within the GPT portion of the GPO (e.g.
\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of GPO>\user\scripts\logon), which is
perfectly acceptable. If you put it there, you don't need to refer to the
full path of the script in the GPO, as you would otherwise.

Darren

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Hi,
sticking the scripts in SYSVOL within the GPT portion of the GPO (e.g.
\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of GPO>\user\scripts\logon), which is
perfectly acceptable. If you put it there, you don't need to refer to the
full path of the script in the GPO, as you would otherwise.
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As a guy who works in an OU, I find the above quite a mouthful and also
subject to replication issues. I put my login scripts on a file server
instead where I can get easy access to it. It also means it backed up
with my other stuff and I also have a system for the test script vs the
real script; they're both in the same folder and I can use a BAT file to
instantly overwrite the real script with the test script after it's been
tested. I would not want to be messing around in

\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of test GPO>\user\scripts\logon

\\domain\sysvol\domain\policies\<guid of real GPO>\user\scripts\logon
 
Hi Richard,

Nice FAQ, but Q3 does not cover which script will run first if you
define both??
 
Why not just test it? Create an OU and a user, assign a 2 scripts that
writes to files. Assign one via GPO and the other in the profile. Look at
the timestamp on the files and see which one was created first.

....kurt
 
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