samba - Oct 1997 - "Please wait while executing logon script" ... Win95 irritation

Hi All --

I've generally been having success lately with domain logons, user profiles,
and policy files with Samba 1.9.17p2 (linux) and Win95.  I have a strange, 
inconsistent problem with logon scripts that I'm hoping someone else has 
already encountered (though I can find nary a reference on the list 
archives...).

I'm using "logon script = %U.bat".  Each user's batch file
just established
some drive mappings.  When the user is authenticated, a little box appears in 
the upper left of the screen titled "Windows NT Logon Script" - it
says
"Please wait while your logon script executes..." and has only a
cancel
button.  The dos box running the script pops up, does its work, and goes away.

This is the point where the problem begins... on some machines, the "wait 
while logon script executes ..." box *never* goes away ... the machine just
sits there until the Cancel button is pressed.  While it's not a big deal,
it
looks very bad and will be confusing to users.

On some machines, this isn't a problem... Does anyone have a suggestion
about
where to look, or what might be going on?

(Please Cc: me ... I've been unsuccessfully trying to get the listproc to
take
me off of digest mode).

-Joshua

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Joshua Heling				              jrh@securepipe.com

> This is the point where the problem begins... on some machines, the
> "wait  while logon script executes ..." box *never* goes away ...
the
> machine just  sits there until the Cancel button is pressed.  While
> it's not a big deal, it  looks very bad and will be confusing to
> users.
> 
Try 

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\Update]
"NetworkPath"=""
"UpdateMode"=dword:00000001
"LoadBalance"=dword:00000001

This prevents Windows 95 from trying to download config.pol from the
netlogon share of the DC.


j-

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________________________________________________________________________
                          Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
jerry@eng.auburn.edu             http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw

       "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home."
                                  - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979
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> "Please wait while executing logon script" ... Win95 irritation
> 
> Joshua Heling (jrh@securepipe.com)
> Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:58:31 +1000
> 
> Hi All --
> 
> I've generally been having success lately with domain logons, user
profiles,
> and policy files with Samba 1.9.17p2 (linux) and Win95.  I have a strange,
> inconsistent problem with logon scripts that I'm hoping someone else
has
> already encountered (though I can find nary a reference on the list
> archives...).
> 
> I'm using "logon script = %U.bat".  Each user's batch
file just established
> some drive mappings.  When the user is authenticated, a little box appears
in
> the upper left of the screen titled "Windows NT Logon Script" -
it says
> "Please wait while your logon script executes..." and has only a
cancel
> button.  The dos box running the script pops up, does its work, and goes
away.
> 
> This is the point where the problem begins... on some machines, the
"wait
> while logon script executes ..." box *never* goes away ... the machine
just
> sits there until the Cancel button is pressed.  While it's not a big
deal, it
> looks very bad and will be confusing to users.
> 
> On some machines, this isn't a problem... Does anyone have a suggestion
about
> where to look, or what might be going on?
> 
> (Please Cc: me ... I've been unsuccessfully trying to get the listproc
to take
> me off of digest mode).
Hello.

I've got the same problem you described in the above message sent to the
Samba mailing list.  I'm writing in the hope that you've discovered a
way
to fix it.

Unlike you, I *don't* want any handling of Win95 profiles or the Win95
registry.  My sole interest is in logging on the the Samba server and
executing the logon script.  This seemingly simple goal is complicated
by
that Executing... message staying on the screen indefinitely.

The one reply you seem to have gotten to your message was to add:

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\Update]
    "NetworkPath"=""
    "UpdateMode"=dword:00000001
    "LoadBalance"=dword:00000001

I added these to my registry (manually, not via Policy Editor), but saw
no
difference in Win95's behavior.  BTW, I'm running OSR2 - if that makes
any
difference.

If you've gotten that message to go away, I'd appreciate your sharing
the
secret with me.  Thanks.

***** Steve Snyder *****

> The one reply you seem to have gotten to your message was to add:
> 
>     [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\Update]
>     "NetworkPath"=""
>     "UpdateMode"=dword:00000001
>     "LoadBalance"=dword:00000001

Try using the manual update mode. (ie "UpdateMode"=dword:00000002 ). 
If
you check the log.smb, I believe you will see taht windows 95 is looking
for config.pol in the [netlogon] share.  The manual update mode says get
the file specified in NetworkPath ( which is empty ).


Hope this helps.  If not let me know.
j-
-- 
________________________________________________________________________
                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
jerry@eng.auburn.edu             http://www.eng.auburn.edu/users/cartegw

       "...a hundred billion castaways looking for a home."
                                  - Sting "Message in a Bottle" ( 1979
)