s there is trick to fully copying an existing local profile over to your new domain profile after you join the Samba domain? I tried the profile copy under System Properties, on the advanced tab and although it completed, I log on and MS office wants to load files from the CD and my start menu seems to be missing the entire left side column. When I look at the size and number of files my original profile definitely is bigger and has more files, so evidently not all the profile gets copied. Could someone share the trick to getting the profile copied over just as it was? Thanks, Mike Partyka Stonepath Logistics Systems Administrator (651)405-4300 Desk (651)208-5734 Cell (651)405-4342 Fax
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 03:44 pm, Mike Partyka wrote:> s there is trick to fully copying an existing local profile over to your > new domain profile after you join the Samba domain? I tried the profile > copy under System Properties, on the advanced tab and although it > completed, I log on and MS office wants to load files from the CD and my > start menu seems to be missing the entire left side column. > >If you look in the archives you might find that I had the same issues and with the help of a few people on this list got it figured out. Here are the steps. 1. Log in as local admin. Delete all .DOMAIN or .000 profiles (right-click and look at the security to be sure it is the domain profile). 1.5. If that user has some privileges on the local system, it seems to work better if you give the domain user the same permissions on the local system (Administrator, Power User, etc). 2. Remove the copied profile for the user from the server. 3. Log in as the domain user. Let it create a default profile. 4. Restart the computer, log in as local admin. 5. Right-click My Computer. Choose Profiles or whatever. 6. Choose your local user, click "Copy to". Browse to the Documents&Settings profile for your domain user (the default one you just created by logging in as that user). Set the "Allowed to use" to the domain user. Let it copy. 7. Reboot the computer just to be safe, log in as the domain user.> > Thanks, > > > > Mike Partyka > > Stonepath Logistics > > Systems Administrator > > (651)405-4300 Desk > > (651)208-5734 Cell > > (651)405-4342 Fax
Mike Partyka wrote:>s there is trick to fully copying an existing local profile over to your new >domain profile after you join the Samba domain? I tried the profile copy >under System Properties, on the advanced tab and although it completed, I >log on and MS office wants to load files from the CD and my start menu seems >to be missing the entire left side column. > > > >When I look at the size and number of files my original profile definitely >is bigger and has more files, so evidently not all the profile gets copied. > > > >Could someone share the trick to getting the profile copied over just as it >was? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Mike Partyka > >Stonepath Logistics > >Systems Administrator > >(651)405-4300 Desk > >(651)208-5734 Cell > >(651)405-4342 Fax > > > > >0. Figure out, where old profile is stored (usually, c:\documens and settings\<username>, but <username> may content machine name or something like <username000> or so. Simply have a look to Desktop directory in this profile - it should contain your desktop items). 1. Log on as user to the new domain - new local settings directory is created (c:\documents adn settings\<username> or c:\documents and settings\<domain>/<username>). 2. Log on as LOCAL administrator to machine and copy contents of old profile to this new local settings directory. If NTFS, set recursively proper rights to this directory. 3. logon and logout as user - new settings should be used and copied to server (if using roaming profiles). It works for me, no warranties, that this is a proper way ;) -- Ing. Yevheniy Demchenko UVT s.r.o.