Hi all,
I am new to this, so i think asking is quicker way :o)
Have someone already done this? could you tell me how to do, or where wan
i find GOOD and SIMPLE info :
I have a Win95 Network, I don't want to bother with a NT server, but
prefer RedHat Linux with Samba (not for the price, but for the fiability).
I want the 95 machines to run network policies (with automatic
configuration), and users profiles, but the server is not a domain
controller (it is not an NT) how can i do this?
Thanx for answering :o)
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Michel APPLAINCOURT | E-mail : michel.applaincourt@umh.ac.be
Computer Sciences Assistant | Phone : 32 65 373498
Universite de Mons-Hainaut | Fax : 32 65 373318
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> I have a Win95 Network, I don't want to bother with a NT server, but > prefer RedHat Linux with Samba (not for the price, but for the > fiability). I want the 95 machines to run network policies (with > automatic configuration), and users profiles, but the server is not a > domain controller (it is not an NT) how can i do this?For System policies read DOMAIN.txt and setup domain logins for your Windows 95 clients. To download the config.pol file ( created using Policy Editor ) I use a manual update [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\control\Update] "NetworkPath"="\\\\kudzu\\netlogon\\config.pol" "UpdateMode"=dword:00000002 "Verbose"=dword:00000001 "LoadBalance"=dword:00000001 Here is a bare bones approach I sent ot another person who was curious about user profiles ---------snip--------- I have several public access Windows 95 labs setup using roaming profiles. They have cut down on the local administration of the labs tremendously. Not real sure where to start though. Here's the process in a nut shell. - Configure a win95 client like you want it without profiles enabled. Setup whatever software you want, etc... - Enable user profiles on the local PC ( not roaming yet ) by Control Panel -> Passwords -> User Profiles I use a customized Start Menu and Desktop for each user Also add the registry key [HKLM\Network\Logon] "UseHomeDirectory"=dword:00000001 - Reboot when prompted - When you login your user profile will be located in c:\windows\Profiles\<username> - Copy your user profile to some network location ( ie. h:\profile95 assuming that h: => \\server\<username> ) - Change the registry setting in [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\<username>] "ProfileImagePath"="h:\profile95" Now Windows 95 should use the profile directly off of the network. I believe that you can use UNC names in the key as well ( ie. \\server\<username>\profile95 ) - What I did for the labs was to images the local pc's hard disk and deploy the images to the other lab machines using some software named ghost. There are a couple of administrative problems that need to be worked out. 1. The annoying "You have never logged into this machine before..." solution : create the neccessary registry key during the login script. 2. The initial user profile needs to be setup for a user who has never logged in. solution : user the "root preexec =" in samba to copy the default user profile to the user's home directory when the [homes] share is mounted. There's some other things that I did to make things a little more manageable, but that is the bulk of it. ------------------------------------ Hope this helps. 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 )