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Deploying .LOA and .SIG files through Active Directory with logon scripts

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Deploying .LOA and .SIG files through Active Directory with logon scripts The .loa file and .sig file will be stored in C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities [Windows XP] or C:\Program Files\lenovo\Access Connections [Windows Vista or 7]. When deploying the .loa and .sig files through Active Directory with logon scripts, mark the check box Allow silent import of this package even after installation of client on the Create Distribution Package window of Access Connections. For additional information about .loa and .sig files, see Chapter 3 "Working with the Administrator Feature" on page 5. Adding logon scripts into Group policy The following steps provide instruction on how to setup logon scripts for the user or computer in Group policy: 1. Launch the Group policy Management editor. 2. Right click on the domain name and click Create and Link GPO. 3. Type the name of your Group Policy Object (GPO). 4. Right click on your GPO name, and then click Edit. 5. From the Group Policy Object Editor window, navigate to the following: User Configuration->Windows Settings->Scripts (Logon/Logoff)->Logon 6. From the Logon Properties panel, select the Acloa.bat file and then click Add. 7. On the Add a Script dialog box, click Browse and select your script. 8. Click OK. 9. Copy the Acloa.bat file your Logon scripts location. 10. Click Open, and the Logon bat file will be added. 11. On the ADS Test panel under the Security Filtering section, click Add to give rights to a user, group or computer. Creating the Acloa.bat file You can use the following example to create the Acloa.bat file: :Begin If exist "c:\program files\thinkpad\connectutilities4\ Silent.txt" goto SilentImportDoneBefore copy \\conwiz.com\NETLOGON\user01\*.* "c:\program files\ thinkpad\connectutilities4" cd c:\program files\thinkpad\connectutilities4 qctray /importsilently Echo Silent Import was performed > "c:\program files\ thinkpad\connectutilities4\Silent.txt" Echo Silent Import was performed goto SilentImportDone :SilentImportDoneBefore Echo Silent Import was done before :SilentImportDone Acloa. bat When a user logs onto a domain, the Acloa.bat executes and does the following: • Checks for the file silent.txt at the following client location: c:\programfiles\thinkpad\connectutilities • If the silent.txt file exists, it does not copy the .loa and .sig files but exits. Chapter 5. Working with Active Directory and ADM files 31

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Deploying .LOA and .SIG files through Active Directory with logon scripts
The .loa file and .sig file will be stored in
C:\Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities [Windows XP] or
C:\Program Files\lenovo\Access Connections
[Windows Vista or 7]. When deploying the .loa and .sig files
through Active Directory with logon scripts, mark the check box
Allow silent import of this package even
after installation of client
on the Create Distribution Package window of Access Connections.
For additional information about .loa and .sig files, see Chapter 3 “Working with the Administrator Feature”
on page 5.
Adding logon scripts into Group policy
The following steps provide instruction on how to setup logon scripts for the user or computer in Group
policy:
1. Launch the Group policy Management editor.
2. Right click on the domain name and click
Create and Link GPO
.
3. Type the name of your Group Policy Object (GPO).
4. Right click on your GPO name, and then click
Edit
.
5. From the Group Policy Object Editor window, navigate to the following:
User Configuration->Windows Settings->Scripts (Logon/Logoff)->Logon
6. From the Logon Properties panel, select the Acloa.bat file and then click
Add
.
7. On the Add a Script dialog box, click
Browse
and select your script.
8. Click
OK
.
9. Copy the Acloa.bat file your Logon scripts location.
10. Click
Open
, and the Logon bat file will be added.
11. On the ADS Test panel under the Security Filtering section, click
Add
to give rights to a user, group or
computer.
Creating the Acloa.bat file
You can use the following example to create the Acloa.bat file:
:Begin
If exist "c:\program files\thinkpad\connectutilities4\
Silent.txt" goto SilentImportDoneBefore
copy \\conwiz.com\NETLOGON\user01\*.* "c:\program files\
thinkpad\connectutilities4"
cd c:\program files\thinkpad\connectutilities4
qctray /importsilently
Echo Silent Import was performed > "c:\program files\
thinkpad\connectutilities4\Silent.txt"
Echo Silent Import was performed
goto SilentImportDone
:SilentImportDoneBefore
Echo Silent Import was done before
:SilentImportDone
Acloa. bat
When a user logs onto a domain, the Acloa.bat executes and does the following:
• Checks for the file silent.txt at the following client location:
c:\programfiles\thinkpad\connectutilities
• If the silent.txt file exists, it does not copy the .loa and .sig files but exits.
Chapter 5
.
Working with Active Directory and ADM files
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