Configuring user profiles for Citrix

[CoreyWilson]

Hello all,

I have a question Im looking for a bit of clarification on. Its a basic question but it has me somewhat confused.

When configuring a user for Citrix and hence terminal service access in a domain environment, under active directory users and computers and then the terminal services profile tab of a users properties there is a profile path location and then there is the users home folder.

The users home folder is self-explanitory, that is either a new or existing share on the network where users store all there personal files on a file server, accessible by login script or otherwise.

However its the profile path that is confusing me. Its my understanding that the profile path is used to store a users custom settings and personal profile in a network accessible location and NOT on the local terminal server under documents and settings to which they are logging on. If this is correct then I am experiencing a problem.

I created a share called TSProfiles and configured the profile location path as follows \\fileserver\tsprofiles\%username%.

This created a folder in the TSProfiles folder with the users id, however when i log onto terminal service as the user(brand new test user, first ever logon) change the background, add a folder to the desktop and logoff to save changes, nothing is ever written to the folder in TSProfiles\username the users folder remains at 0kb. the user has the necessary access, read/write/modify/list files.

Can someone please explain what I am missing?

Our current environment is configured in a such a way that no profile path is specified and hence every user that logs into terminal services stores a profile on the existing terminal server. I want to do away with that for our citrix servers.

Thanks.

 

[CoreyWilson]

Hey jakespeed you had a reply here with a utility you mentioned to clear cached profiles from a TS server, what was that util and rest of your post?

 

[ascotta]

The Thing you need to do is to go into the group policy and select the local computer (MMC and add the snap in for Group Policy). I think it is Computer settings Adminnistrative templates. It is called Delete cached copies of roaming profiles or something like that. You also might want to configure the Don't check for Administartive ownership of these directories.

Cheers
Scott

 

[patrickrouse]

In 2000 SP4 & 2003 the default policy setting is to check the profile location for correct permissions & "ownership" before saving a roaming profile. If the user is not the Owner of the folder, even Full Control NTFS Permissions will not all the system to copy the Roaming Profile to the location you specified.

You can disable this via this GPO setting:

Do not check for user Ownership of Roaming Profile Folders

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=327259

If you use roaming profiles on TS (or Citrix) make sure you are redirecting user's "My Documents" folder to their Network Home Folder or My Documents will be included in their profile and can make logons/logoffs take forever.

Folder Redirection

http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...sp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/Folder.htm

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

http://www.workthin.com

 

[CoreyWilson]

Thanks for the assistance guys. With your help I was able to get things worked out the way I was expecting.

 

[robros]

I have a question that is slightly related to this.

Currently in our AD setup once in first login is created to the domain control that folder from the D/S directory is copied into the profiles directory.
I have all users term\sevce profile path configured to dc\profiles\username.
What I have noticed is that when users a moved from one server to another settings change.
I am wondering if I copy that path into the roaming user profile path.
Will it allow for user settings to move with the users.
I understand the concept behind roaming profiles but will this work with termsvc/citrix.

Robert



Your Al Meyers Kid..You Look Pretty Stupid To me.

 

[Mattlab]

Friendly Citrix Application?

I have limited Citrix knowledge and was wondering if there are some tips available on a website or from posts on how to get an application that currently uses a .ini file and cache directory to run on a Citrix server so users are not sharing the same .ini file and cache directory? Also, if I was to request a change to the product what would be the Citrix/WTS "best practice" to save user configuration information (via .ini or registry) and cache data for each user in a directory?

 

[Mattlab]

Ignore my previous post. Had to many windows open and thought I was creating a new thread..