I'm trying to make a WSH script to replace our BAT login script - but while
in the BAT file I can map a drive to the user's home directory by using NET
USE H: /HOME, the WSH script does not seem to let me use the HOME variable
(it fails to map that drive).

Does anybody know to accomplish this?

BTW, this is for an NT4 domain - not AD.

Thanks.

I know there was a way to get environmental variables, but I dont
recall how. The above will work, however

what is the actual code you were using?

The "/HOME" is a switch, not a variable, and should work fine in a logon script from WSH.  Assuming you are using Win9x clients,
there is another issue which can occur, where the first attempt to make use of the user name information from the WSH Network object
fails.  Although you are not explicitly doing that, it is possible that the same issue is presenting you with a problem.  There are
a couple of tricks that can allow you to work around that problem (involving suppressing errors, trying to get the user name, then
sleeping for a few hundred milliseconds and trying again).

If you post what you have and what errors it gives you, it may be possible to identify the issue and resolve it so you don't have to
abandon your planned approach.

: Is there a way to reference a user's home directory in a WSH script?
:
: I'm trying to make a WSH script to replace our BAT login script - but while
: in the BAT file I can map a drive to the user's home directory by using NET
: USE H: /HOME, the WSH script does not seem to let me use the HOME variable
: (it fails to map that drive).
:
: Does anybody know to accomplish this?
:
: BTW, this is for an NT4 domain - not AD.
:
: Thanks.
:
:

Dim WshNetwork
Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
WshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "H:", Home

I also tried using /Home, "Home" (with the quotes), and "/Home" - any
variation I could think of for the switch that works in batch files.

The error I get is either 'the network name cannot be found' or 'the network
name does not exist' - depending on which syntax I try.

Incidentally, I'm running this on a Win2K box, but I get the same thing on
NT4. I'm aware of the Win9x problem & the need to compensate by going to
sleep for a second or two, but that's not really applicable here.

Thanks for your response,

Brad

"/home" is _only_ a switch for "net use". It _is_ available if you are spawning out to a command prompt and running something like:

set oShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
oShell.Run "%COMSPEC% /C net use H: /home"

Which is what I thought you were doing.

In either case, it turns out that this should be redundant in your case.  If a user is logging on to a domain from an NT4 or Win2K
system and has a valid drive letter and path set up in the domain User account for their "home", the drive mapping should occur
automatically.

If you are not getting the drive mapping to occur automatically, there may be another issue.  Try explicitly mapping the drive from
a command prompt and see whether it maps; if not, what error do you get?

: The actual code I was trying is:
:
: Dim WshNetwork
: Set WshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
: WshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "H:", Home
:
: I also tried using /Home, "Home" (with the quotes), and "/Home" - any
: variation I could think of for the switch that works in batch files.
:
: The error I get is either 'the network name cannot be found' or 'the network
: name does not exist' - depending on which syntax I try.
:
: Incidentally, I'm running this on a Win2K box, but I get the same thing on
: NT4. I'm aware of the Win9x problem & the need to compensate by going to
: sleep for a second or two, but that's not really applicable here.
:
: Thanks for your response,
:
: Brad
:


: > Brad,
: >
: > what is the actual code you were using?
: >
: > The "/HOME" is a switch, not a variable, and should work fine in a logon
: script from WSH.  Assuming you are using Win9x clients,
: > there is another issue which can occur, where the first attempt to make
: use of the user name information from the WSH Network object
: > fails.  Although you are not explicitly doing that, it is possible that
: the same issue is presenting you with a problem.  There are
: > a couple of tricks that can allow you to work around that problem
: (involving suppressing errors, trying to get the user name, then
: > sleeping for a few hundred milliseconds and trying again).
: >
: > If you post what you have and what errors it gives you, it may be possible
: to identify the issue and resolve it so you don't have to
: > abandon your planned approach.
: >


: > : Is there a way to reference a user's home directory in a WSH script?
: > :
: > : I'm trying to make a WSH script to replace our BAT login script - but
: while
: > : in the BAT file I can map a drive to the user's home directory by using
: NET
: > : USE H: /HOME, the WSH script does not seem to let me use the HOME
: variable
: > : (it fails to map that drive).
: > :
: > : Does anybody know to accomplish this?
: > :
: > : BTW, this is for an NT4 domain - not AD.
: > :
: > : Thanks.
: > :
: > :
: >
: >
:
:

Set oNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
Set oUser = GetObject("WinNT://MyDomain/j_user,user")
sHomeShare = oUser.HomeDirectory
sHomeDrive = oUser.HomeDirDrive
oNet.MapNetworkDrive sHomeDrive, sHomeShare

Could this work in an NT domain? If not, you're stuck with
net use.

Also, I find that home drive is only mapped automatically
on W2k clients (unless you use persistent connections).

Richard

: In Active Directory:
:
: Set oNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
: Set oUser = GetObject("WinNT://MyDomain/j_user,user")
: sHomeShare = oUser.HomeDirectory
: sHomeDrive = oUser.HomeDirDrive
: oNet.MapNetworkDrive sHomeDrive, sHomeShare
:
: Could this work in an NT domain? If not, you're stuck with
: net use.
:
: Also, I find that home drive is only mapped automatically
: on W2k clients (unless you use persistent connections).
:
: Richard