Hi there! I have a Samba 2.2.2 PDC on linux 2.4.13 with ACL (acl.bestbits.at) support installed. There seems to be a problem with Roaming Profiles. Win2k with local NTFS filesystem will never delete roaming profiles (yes, I have regedited the DeleteRoamingCache to 1). In fact, any time TheUser logs back in, a new folder named TheUser.OURDOMAIN.??? (where ? is an integer) will be created, duplicating the files never erased before. That DOESN?T happen if the Win2k client has a FAT32 filesystem (user/group permissions do not exist), so I assumed it might be a permissions problem (in fact, I, Administrator, cannot delete these profiles unless I waste 10 minutes changing the set-by-the-system permissions for those profiles). At the begining, I thought that might a problem for not having ACL support in the server, for not being able to save the original profile?s permissions as created by Win2k the first time, but now I do have it, ACL works perfect, but this odd behavior continues. Has anyone else here experienced this? Does anyone know of a solution? TIA, Ignasi Garcia
This behaviour sounds like Windoze 2000 Workstation WITHOUT Service Pack 1 or 2 installed. There is a bug in Win2000 whereby the NTUSER.DAT file is not released by the OS until a reboot is performed. Hence the reason you cannot delete the profiles from the workstation and hence the reason the profile never gets copied to the server. We had huge trouble with this for about six months - people had tens of profiles on their machines .001, .002 etc. We blamed Novell and their client but then, surprise, surprise, it was M$ as per normal. What a monumental waste of time. Load the service pack and profiles will copy successfully. Noel Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:30:20 +0100 (CET) Subject: Win2k Roaming Profiles problems under NTFS From: "OenusTech" <oenustech@oenus.com> To: <samba-ntdom@lists.samba.org>, <samba@lists.samba.org> Hi there! I have a Samba 2.2.2 PDC on linux 2.4.13 with ACL (acl.bestbits.at) support installed. There seems to be a problem with Roaming Profiles. Win2k with local NTFS filesystem will never delete roaming profiles (yes, I have regedited the DeleteRoamingCache to 1). In fact, any time TheUser logs back in, a new folder named TheUser.OURDOMAIN.??? (where ? is an integer) will be created, duplicating the files never erased before. That DOESN?T happen if the Win2k client has a FAT32 filesystem (user/group permissions do not exist), so I assumed it might be a permissions problem (in fact, I, Administrator, cannot delete these profiles unless I waste 10 minutes changing the set-by-the-system permissions for those profiles). At the begining, I thought that might a problem for not having ACL support in the server, for not being able to save the original profile?s permissions as created by Win2k the first time, but now I do have it, ACL works perfect, but this odd behavior continues. Has anyone else here experienced this? Does anyone know of a solution? TIA, Ignasi Garcia
Ignasi, You mention that you set DeleteRoamingCache in the registry. I was also having this problem with Windows 2000, even with Service Pack 2 installed, until I realized that DeleteRoamingCache is in different locations in WinNT and Win2000. WinNT... \Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon DeleteRoamingCache =3D REG_DWORD 0x1 Win2000... \Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System DeleteRoamingCache =3D REG_DWORD 0x1 On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Noel Kelly wrote:> This behaviour sounds like Windoze 2000 Workstation WITHOUT Service Pack 1 > or 2 installed. There is a bug in Win2000 whereby the NTUSER.DAT file is > not released by the OS until a reboot is performed. Hence the reason you > cannot delete the profiles from the workstation and hence the reason the > profile never gets copied to the server. >=20 > We had huge trouble with this for about six months - people had tens of > profiles on their machines .001, .002 etc. We blamed Novell and their > client but then, surprise, surprise, it was M$ as per normal. What a > monumental waste of time. >=20 > Load the service pack and profiles will copy successfully. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Noel >=20 >=20 >=20 > Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:30:20 +0100 (CET) >=20 > Subject: Win2k Roaming Profiles problems under NTFS >=20 > From: "OenusTech" <oenustech@oenus.com> >=20 > To: <samba-ntdom@lists.samba.org>, <samba@lists.samba.org> >=20 > Hi there! >=20 > I have a Samba 2.2.2 PDC on linux 2.4.13 with ACL (acl.bestbits.at) support >=20 > installed. There seems to be a problem with Roaming Profiles. Win2k with >=20 > local NTFS filesystem will never delete roaming profiles (yes, I have >=20 > regedited the DeleteRoamingCache to 1). In fact, any time TheUser logs back >=20 > in, a new folder named TheUser.OURDOMAIN.??? (where ? is an integer) will >=20 > be created, duplicating the files never erased before. That DOESN=B4T happen >=20 > if the Win2k client has a FAT32 filesystem (user/group permissions do not >=20 > exist), so I assumed it might be a permissions problem (in fact, I, >=20 > Administrator, cannot delete these profiles unless I waste 10 minutes >=20 > changing the set-by-the-system permissions for those profiles). At the >=20 > begining, I thought that might a problem for not having ACL support in the >=20 > server, for not being able to save the original profile=B4s permissions as >=20 > created by Win2k the first time, but now I do have it, ACL works perfect, >=20 > but this odd behavior continues. >=20 > Has anyone else here experienced this? Does anyone know of a solution? >=20 > TIA, >=20 > Ignasi Garcia >=20 >=20 >=20 > --=20 > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >=20-- Todd Pfaff \ Email: pfaff@mcmaster.ca Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 McMaster University \ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \
oh, that's a different problem. are you using this new smb.conf setting? nt acl support =3D no this is necessary on your profiles share. see the source document: samba-2.2.2/docs/README.Win2kSP2 On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, OenusTech wrote:> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:34:58 +0100 (CET) > From: OenusTech <oenustech@oenus.com> > To: pfaff@edge.cis.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Re: Win2k Roaming Profiles problems under NTFS >=20 > Thanks for your info. >=20 > Unfortunately it keeps doing that... :( >=20 > It=B4s kind of curious, =B4cause the delete profiles behavior funtions here > very well with either registry settings, but only on FAT32 filesystem-based > Win2k=B4s. On NTFS filesystem it doesn=B4t. Are your systems running under NTFS > filesystems? >=20 > TFYH, >=20 > Ignasi >=20 >=20 > Todd Pfaff dijo: > > Ignasi, > > > > You mention that you set DeleteRoamingCache in the registry. > > > > I was also having this problem with Windows 2000, even with Service > > Pack 2 installed, until I realized that DeleteRoamingCache is in > > different locations in WinNT and Win2000. > > > > WinNT... > > \Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon > > DeleteRoamingCache =3D REG_DWORD 0x1 > > > > Win2000... > > \Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System > > DeleteRoamingCache =3D REG_DWORD 0x1 > > > > > > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Noel Kelly wrote: > > > >> This behaviour sounds like Windoze 2000 Workstation WITHOUT Service > >> Pack 1 or 2 installed. There is a bug in Win2000 whereby the > >> NTUSER.DAT file is not released by the OS until a reboot is performed. > >> Hence the reason you cannot delete the profiles from the workstation > >> and hence the reason the profile never gets copied to the server. > >> > >> We had huge trouble with this for about six months - people had tens > >> of profiles on their machines .001, .002 etc. We blamed Novell and > >> their client but then, surprise, surprise, it was M$ as per normal. > >> What a monumental waste of time. > >> > >> Load the service pack and profiles will copy successfully. > >> > >> > >> > >> Noel > >> > >> > >> > >> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:30:20 +0100 (CET) > >> > >> Subject: Win2k Roaming Profiles problems under NTFS > >> > >> From: "OenusTech" <oenustech@oenus.com> > >> > >> To: <samba-ntdom@lists.samba.org>, <samba@lists.samba.org> > >> > >> Hi there! > >> > >> I have a Samba 2.2.2 PDC on linux 2.4.13 with ACL (acl.bestbits.at) > >> support > >> > >> installed. There seems to be a problem with Roaming Profiles. Win2k > >> with > >> > >> local NTFS filesystem will never delete roaming profiles (yes, I have > >> > >> regedited the DeleteRoamingCache to 1). In fact, any time TheUser logs > >> back > >> > >> in, a new folder named TheUser.OURDOMAIN.??? (where ? is an integer) > >> will > >> > >> be created, duplicating the files never erased before. That DOESN=B4T > >> happen > >> > >> if the Win2k client has a FAT32 filesystem (user/group permissions do > >> not > >> > >> exist), so I assumed it might be a permissions problem (in fact, I, > >> > >> Administrator, cannot delete these profiles unless I waste 10 minutes > >> > >> changing the set-by-the-system permissions for those profiles). At the > >> > >> begining, I thought that might a problem for not having ACL support in > >> the > >> > >> server, for not being able to save the original profile=B4s permissions > >> as > >> > >> created by Win2k the first time, but now I do have it, ACL works > >> perfect, > >> > >> but this odd behavior continues. > >> > >> Has anyone else here experienced this? Does anyone know of a solution? > >> > >> TIA, > >> > >> Ignasi Garcia > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > >> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > >> > > > > -- > > Todd Pfaff \ Email: pfaff@mcmaster.ca > > Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB > > 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 > > McMaster University \ > > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \ > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20-- Todd Pfaff \ Email: pfaff@mcmaster.ca Computing and Information Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 McMaster University \ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \