On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Michael Seward <michaelsew...@tengroup.com>wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to use WPKG with the default 'netlogon' share on our domain > controllers, with a sub-folder of 'wkpg' - so that whichever site a PC is > on the > WPKG client can get the install package locally instead of downloading > packages > across our WAN. > > I'm trying to reference the netlogon share in the WPKG client by using the > %LOGONSERVER% variable, but the client crashes when I do this. E.g. the > entry in > the client settings 'WPKG file path' is %LOGONSERVER%\netlogon\wpkg\wpkg.js > and > the SOFTWARE variable is set as '%LOGONSERVER%\netlogon\wpkg\software' > > Has anyone used this approach and if so how do I correctly reference the > system > variable for the netlogon share through the client settings? I don't want > to > specify a server name or IP address as that then links the client only to > that > site and I'll have to setup WPKG repositories on each site. > > Michael, We use the NETLOGON share on our domain controllers for storing profile and package definitions as well as wpkg.bat and wpkg.js, but %SOFTWARE% is located on separate fileservers in each site (wpkg.bat chooses the appropriate fileserver based on the workstation's gateway. Anyway, I would recommend using the fully qualified domain name to reference the netlogon share like this: \\fully.qualified.domain.name\NETLOGON\wpkg\wpkg.bat At least for us MS DNS subnet prioritization ensures that " fully.qualified.domain.name" resolves to the IP of the local domain controller (the same as %LOGONSERVER% would in optimal situations). If you have one or more sites without a domain controller, then you may want to see what domain controller they will hit by looking at the first IP address returned by: nslookup fully.qualified.domain.name Cheers, Troy
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