samba - Dec 2002 - How to enforce client to download the profile form server

Dear all,

i have the following problem. my smb.conf is working, but clients cannot
download their profiles from the server. I explain this on an example:
i have two windows machines: #1 and #2
i) i delete all local profiles in windows and a profile of user in unix
ii) login to machine #1, have the win dialog as though i just started the
machine for the first time (which is true), set my personal settings in Outlook.
logout
iii) login to machine #1 again and everything functions o.k., logout
iii) login to machine #2, i have the same win dialog as though i just started
the machine, although it is not the case, since i was on machine #1 already and
no settings in Outlook. logout
iv) login to machine #1, the profile is gone, i do not have the win start dialog
again, but my outlook settings are gone.

What could it be? It seems that the windows machine uploads the profile to the
server, but in case of start on the same machine the local profile is being
used. However the new machine does not download the profile, but overwrites it
with a new locally created profile. SO, as i see it the problem is: the client
does not download the profile form the samba server.

Please help. Thanks in advance.

Dimitry Surkov
mailto: h0444250@student.hu-berlin.de

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Dear all,
i have the following problem, the outlook express & desktop settings are
being overwritten every time i change the host. i was helped by Laurent
HOFMANN (thanks a lot), who pointed out that the exclusion list in
ntuser.ini excludes Local Settings from the files, which are being
synchronized. However, I still can not figure out the way to change this
list for all users. Even if i change it manually (in the user profile on
the
server) it is being overwritten with the same exclusion list after i log
out. i also tried to make changes in the registry, but it did not help
either.
Any idia what might fix the problem? Thanks for your help.
Dimirty



----- Original Message -----
From: "Dimitry Surkov" <h0444250@student.hu-berlin.de>
To: "sbaron" <sbaron@wiwi.hu-berlin.de>
Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 4:30 PM
Subject: Fw: [Samba] Re: How to enforce client to download the profile
form
server

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laurent Hofmann" <laurent.news@kally.net>
> To: <samba@lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 8:53 PM
> Subject: [Samba] Re: How to enforce client to download the profile form
> server
>
>
> > hello,
> > as a clue you should take a look at ntuser.ini in the profile location
of
> an
> > user :
> >
> > [General]
> > ExclusionList=Local Settings;Temporary Internet
> Files;Historique;Temp;Local
> > Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook;
> >
> > This is the list of folders of the profile that do not synchronize...
> > I think this can help ;)
> > Please send me your feedback :)
> >
> > Laurent HOFMANN
> >
> > "Owens, Bob" <bowens@navtech.com> a ?crit dans le
message de news:
> > E68671E04041D311834F0008C7BF2356031CA646@delenn.navtech.com...
> > > Help to see your smb.conf but here is mine it may help.
> > >
> > > [global]
> > > logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%U
> > >
> > > [Profiles]
> > > path = /data/domain/Profiles/
> > > browseable = no
> > > writable = yes
> > > valid users = @domusers
> > > create mode = 0770
> > > directory mode = 0770
> > > force group = root
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dimitry Surkov [mailto:dsurkov@wiwi.hu-berlin.de]
> > > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 10:07 AM
> > > To: samba@lists.samba.org
> > > Subject: [Samba] How to enforce client to download the profile
form
> server
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > i have the following problem. my smb.conf is working, but clients
cannot
> > > download their profiles from the server. I explain this on an
example:
> > > i have two windows machines: #1 and #2
> > > i) i delete all local profiles in windows and a profile of user
in
unix
> > > ii) login to machine #1, have the win dialog as though i just
started
> the
> > > machine for the first time (which is true), set my personal
settings
in
> > > Outlook. logout
> > > iii) login to machine #1 again and everything functions o.k.,
logout
> > > iii) login to machine #2, i have the same win dialog as though i
just
> > > started the machine, although it is not the case, since i was on
machine
> > #1
> > > already and no settings in Outlook. logout
> > > iv) login to machine #1, the profile is gone, i do not have the
win
> start
> > > dialog again, but my outlook settings are gone.
> > >
> > > What could it be? It seems that the windows machine uploads the
profile
> to
> > > the server, but in case of start on the same machine the local
profile
> is
> > > being used. However the new machine does not download the
profile,
but
> > > overwrites it with a new locally created profile. SO, as i see it
the
> > > problem is: the client does not download the profile form the
samba
> > server.
> > >
> > > Please help. Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Dimitry Surkov
> > > mailto: h0444250@student.hu-berlin.de
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