AD created home folder

[treehuger]

I’m trying to understand why when I set up a home folder for a user in Active Directory it does not populate the correct folders, i.e. Documents, Pictures, Movies, etc. My home folders are stored on an AFP sharepoint on OS X Server and the Domain Admins group has read/write permissions to create the top level user folder. I have no problems logging in with an AD account, only that the home folder leaves out everything except Library and Desktop. I understand that I can run the createhomedir -s -a command on OS X Server and it will create the proper home folders for any users in AD that do not currently have a home folder.

Is there any way to avoid this step? I’m looking for home folder creation from one source (on AD) vs running the createhomedir -s -a command every time a new user is added.

[trondah]

As far as I know, home folder creation takes place only when using augmented users with dsAttrTypeStandard:HomeDirectory and dsAttrTypeStandard:NFSHomeDirectory attributes set.

Are you using UNC path to derive network home?

[treehuger]

Yes, using UNC path, everything works perfectly as my users can login. The problem, as I’ve seen posting many times is that only certain absolutely required folders are created in the home folder, unless of course I run the command createhomedir -s -a on the OS X server hosting the home folders.

I completely agree with augmented records and truth be told they are one of the greatest features in 10.5 in my opinion, however, they have no effect on 10.4 clients.

I have no issues with having to run the createhomedir -s -a command, however, some clients may not like the idea of this extra step for a new user here and there.

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