On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 11:14, Adam Lang wrote:> Hello,
>
> I successfully joined an XP machine to my Samba PDC.
>
> When looking at the profile folder on the samba server for the user (which
I
> had to create manually. Is there a way this can be done automatically?) I
> saw the My Documents folder was copied up.
>
> I was thinking this was cool because people would have their stuff stored
on
> the server and wouldn't have to teach them anything different.
>
> One problem I thought though was if they have like a gigabyte of documents.
> Would this mean it would have to download all of that before it would
finish
> booting?
that's true only if you keep my documents in the profile...
instead you should redirect my documents to their home directory
that way all their docs stay on the server.>
> Also, I created a folder in the My Documents folder and copied some files
> into it to see if it copied up, it did. I went to delete it and it cleared
> out. I logged off and back on and files inside the deleted folder were
> gone, but the folders returned. Is this a problem or do I need to fix
> something?
this won't be a problem if you redirect my documents
> I have no problem going back to a login script to set a home directory for
a
> mapped drive, but apparently the login scripts for win98 machines
aren't
> same for winxp (location ways), but I will look into that.
you don't need a logon script to do this... just configure samba
to do it.
with
logon drive = H:
logon home = \\yourserver\%U
brad