samba - May 2002 - local/roaming profile default

IIRC when using an MS PDC the workstations use local profiles by default
allowing an admin to change a profile to roaming, if desired.
When using Samba (2.2.3a) as a PDC the behavior I see is that every
users that logs on gets a roaming profile by default. This is quite
problematic.
As a workaround I've set both "logon home" and "logon
path" to nothing
("logon home ="). This does provide for local profiles by default but
I'm not sure if it will allow select profiles to properly roam. As a
side effect (I don't what else to attribute it to at this point) I've
seen some cases of local profiles simply disappearing.
What is the proper way to allow for some roaming profiles yet have the
default be local profiles?

Thanks.

Chris

> Chris wrote:
>
> IIRC when using an MS PDC the workstations use local profiles by default
> allowing an admin to change a profile to roaming, if desired.
> When using Samba (2.2.3a) as a PDC the behavior I see is that every
> users that logs on gets a roaming profile by default. This is quite
> problematic.
> What is the proper way to allow for some roaming profiles yet have the
> default be local profiles?
The selection of local vs. roaming profile is done on the client,
not the domain controller. AFAIK, Samba correctly reproduces the
behavior of a Windows NT or 2000 PDC.

With Windows 95/98/Me, roaming profiles will be enabled if the
client is configured for multi-user access (each user is allowed
to keep their own settings).

With Windows NT/2000/XP, it is possible for an administrator to
set either a roaming or local profile for each user of the computer.
The method varies a little among versions, but on Windows XP, it is
Control Panel->System->Advanced tab->User Profiles:Settings.
Windows 2000 is almost identical, and IIRC, NT is a bit different.
(NOTE: this is not under User Accounts or the Computer Management
Administrative Tool, where you might expect it!)

Jay Ts
author, Using Samba, 2nd edition