Cannot apply Workstation-associated Group Policy from Windows share via UNC path

  • 7002733
  • 23-Feb-2009
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Support Pack 1 - ZDM7 SP1 Desktop Management

Situation

Workstation-associated Group Policy will not apply when the files are accessed via a UNC path from a Windows share

WMGrpPolWks.log

Warning: \\[UNC path]\GPT.ini does not exist
11/09/2008 01:17:33:734 Error: no files copied.
11/09/2008 01:17:33:734 Exiting GPCopy 2

Resolution

To obtain a hot patch with the fix for this problem, follow the instructions in KB 3484245 "Updates to Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support