With win2000<g>
Active Directory will solve all that in a short time.
Microsoft Windows 2000 Overview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/backgrnd/html/msdn_nt5overview.htm
I realize that doesn't solve for you today, but in the light of how much you may be putting into this, I though you would like to know how long your work will last - how much 'married' you should consider getting to what you will use now.
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mvp Mark L. Ferguson Please reply in newsgroup
marfers notes for OE 5 > (16K) http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/6386/IE_ng_notes.htm
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> Scenario: Business has networked sites - Primary (main) and Backup (remote).
> User visits another location (travels to another site on the network) and
> logs in.
> Question: Logon script needs to map users' home dir (from any location - map
> to that user's home site) and then map apps from the local server that the
> user is logging into.
> At login, script should be able to detect location that user is logging
> into, report that info, and map accordingly.
> How is this done?
> Thanks!