managed (ad/od) environments...here's what we do
parallels is maturing...obviously it's marketed as a single user product. it's at the point where parallels team needs to take it to the next level...allowing parallels to be properly shared in an ad/od managed multi-user environment. in the mean time, here's what we do...
1. load master image here:
/Users/Shared/Parallels
2. set ownership and permissions:
sudo -R chown root:wheel /Users/Shared/Parallels
sudo -R 777 /Users/Shared/Parallels
NOTE: obviously we WANT permissions set to 755, 775, 664 or 644 but for whatever reason, parallels ONLY works if permissions are set to 777. i hope the parallels team is taking notes. 
within parallels desktop application, set the following preference:
1. parallels desktop > preferences > common > workspace > default directory for virtual machines > [ /Users/Shared/Parallels ]
within configuration editor for your windows image, set the following:
1. shared folders > /Users
2. disable "read only", enable "enabled" checkboxes
...and set network adapter to:
1. network adapter options > bridged ethernet [ default adapter ]
now on to setting up windows. remember, if you're not in a managed environment, usernames and passwords on the mac and within the windows image need to be identical (managed environments don't have this worry):
1. log into mac as admin user
2. launch windows
3. log into windows as admin user
4. choose one:
---a. bind machine (managed environment)
---b. create users manually (non-managed environment)
5. restart windows and log in as admin user
6. map local shared folder (/Users)
7. map servers (if necessary - some environments use bat scripts)
8. log out of windows
9. log out of mac
10. log into mac as newuser
11. log into windows as newuser
12. add aliases for /Users/newuser and network shares to newuser's desktop
NOTE: users will only have access to their own mac home directory. you'll notice that a non admin windows user may be able to look inside /Users/otheruser but they will not see contents of directories that have apple's default permissions (admins, take note). this is a umask issue apple needs to address (they have things set this way so you can share your "public" and "sites" folders)...until this is "fixed", we set each users' home directory (non-recursively) to 770. 
don
Last edited: Nov 23, 2006