Hiya. Is it possible to share profiles between different users with Samba 3.0CVS acting as a PDC, and XP Workstations? All users are using the same profile share; the concept is that there's an "Admin" user which can read/write to this, so I can setup things such as Internet Explorer settings / Desktop/Start Menu items / color scheme, etc..., and all other users only have read only access to this share, yet use the same profile. At the moment each user's trying to create its own profile, which isn't what I want (and isn't possible, considering the fact its a read only share). If it makes any difference, I'm using jelmer's mysql module, and all users are in the same unix group. Cheers. R -- - Ryan Verner <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au> PGP: 5819 DE5D B5AE 9381 7E60 5B4C 45CC 64DF D3CC EB07 ICQ: 76626240 IRC: xf / irc.oublinet.net PH: +61 415 297 303 EQ: Mummer (Bard), Tholuxe In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
Hi... Isn't this possible? I've gotten no replies... R On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 10:54 PM, xfesty wrote:> Hiya. > > Is it possible to share profiles between different users with Samba > 3.0CVS acting as a PDC, and XP Workstations? > > All users are using the same profile share; the concept is that > there's an "Admin" user which can read/write to this, so I can setup > things such as Internet Explorer settings / Desktop/Start Menu items / > color scheme, etc..., and all other users only have read only access > to this share, yet use the same profile. > > At the moment each user's trying to create its own profile, which > isn't what I want (and isn't possible, considering the fact its a read > only share). > > If it makes any difference, I'm using jelmer's mysql module, and all > users are in the same unix group. > > Cheers. > > R > > -- - > Ryan Verner <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au> > PGP: 5819 DE5D B5AE 9381 7E60 5B4C 45CC 64DF D3CC EB07 > > ICQ: 76626240 IRC: xf / irc.oublinet.net > PH: +61 415 297 303 EQ: Mummer (Bard), Tholuxe > > In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of > people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. > >-- - Ryan Verner <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au> PGP: 5819 DE5D B5AE 9381 7E60 5B4C 45CC 64DF D3CC EB07 ICQ: 76626240 IRC: xf / irc.oublinet.net PH: +61 415 297 303 EQ: Mummer (Bard), Tholuxe In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. -- - Ryan Verner <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au> PGP: 5819 DE5D B5AE 9381 7E60 5B4C 45CC 64DF D3CC EB07 ICQ: 76626240 IRC: xf / irc.oublinet.net PH: +61 415 297 303 EQ: Mummer (Bard), Tholuxe In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
On Wednesday, Nov 20, 2002, at 22:24 Australia/Adelaide, xfesty wrote:> > Is it possible to share profiles between different users with Samba > 3.0CVS acting as a PDC, and XP Workstations? > > All users are using the same profile share; the concept is that > there's an "Admin" user which can read/write to this, so I can setup > things such as Internet Explorer settings / Desktop/Start Menu items / > color scheme, etc..., and all other users only have read only access > to this share, yet use the same profile. > > At the moment each user's trying to create its own profile, which > isn't what I want (and isn't possible, considering the fact its a read > only share). > > If it makes any difference, I'm using jelmer's mysql module, and all > users are in the same unix group. >I think what you'll find is you're hitting a limit of Windows not Samba. The user profile usually contains the user registry entries (in a .dat file), Temporary Internet Files, various application specific settings and temp access areas. Therefore the clients need write access to this area. Furthermore, unless they're all logging in with the same username, you can't share a single profile over disparate users. Again, this is a limitation of Windows not Samba. Dave
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1> Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 10:36:18 +1100 > From: xfesty <xfesty@computeraddictions.com.au> > To: samba@lists.samba.org > Subject: [Samba] Re: Shared profiles under XP? > > Hi... > > Isn't this possible? > > I've gotten no replies... > > R > > On Wednesday, November 20, 2002, at 10:54 PM, xfesty wrote: > > >> Hiya. >> >> Is it possible to share profiles between different users with Samba >> 3.0CVS acting as a PDC, and XP Workstations?It doesn't matter what is on the server side. The issue is that the registry file contains ACLs, and unless you set the ACLs to allow everyone to use the profile it won't work (regradless of the server). However, some features won't work right if you do this, such as the list of last-opened files in many applications won't be updated, since this information is store in the registry.>> >> All users are using the same profile share; the concept is that >> there's an "Admin" user which can read/write to this, so I can setup >> things such as Internet Explorer settings / Desktop/Start Menu items / >> color scheme, etc..., and all other users only have read only access >> to this share, yet use the same profile. >>AFAIK, windows requires write access to the profile, otherwise it won't load it (or it may, but will warn you that your changes will be lost everytime you log in). You can enforce a lot of these settings by policies, however the policy implementation changed with windows 2000 to use AD, and policy files don't quite seem to work as they should with windows 2000. And policies didn't seem to be very robust with NT4 anyway. We don't use policies that much any more, since they broke the one (expensive) application everyone here uses. For desktop/start menu items, you can use the "All Users" profile on the client machine, I don't think the "All Users" profile can reside server-side.>> At the moment each user's trying to create its own profile, which >> isn't what I want (and isn't possible, considering the fact its a read >> only share). >> >> If it makes any difference, I'm using jelmer's mysql module, and all >> users are in the same unix group.Don't think it would make a difference. Buchan - -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE93KFzrJK6UGDSBKcRAjKqAJ9ZzuOzW3gEHnWFFTnVA03F6eN/FACgtGmv Tlc50bwD37JPt64KtX5aA7M=ytzZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----