samba - May 2003 - A Group Policy Question in Win9x (yes, another one).

I am wondering if anyone has ever answered the question of group policy
operability under Windows 9x.  That is, I am _not_ looking for a work-around but
the real thing--one config.pol file to service several groups.
    I have done my homework, hopefully well, but found nothing.  To prove this,
I will quickly summarize my findings below.  Either I have found:

1. a list of unresolved (mostly unreplied as well) inquiries from the past
including some from Sept, Oct, and Dec of 1999, along with the latest inquiry
dated July 2002, and others as well. (These were from the SAMBA Mailing List.)

or

2. a work-around.
 
    Please let me know if any version <3.0 correctly supports group policies
for Win9x machines.


Thank-you,
Nathan Howard

Nathan,

Please refer to the following document. It is a work in progress that will
be completed for inclusion in Samba-3.

If you do NOT find what you need in this document then please let me know
at the earliest opportunity.

	http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

Cheers,
John T.


On Fri, 2 May 2003, Nathan wrote:
>     I am wondering if anyone has ever answered the question of group policy
operability under Windows 9x.  That is, I am _not_ looking for a work-around but
the real thing--one config.pol file to service several groups.
>     I have done my homework, hopefully well, but found nothing.  To prove
this, I will quickly summarize my findings below.  Either I have found:
>
> 1. a list of unresolved (mostly unreplied as well) inquiries from the past
including some from Sept, Oct, and Dec of 1999, along with the latest inquiry
dated July 2002, and others as well. (These were from the SAMBA Mailing List.)
>
> or
>
> 2. a work-around.
>
>     Please let me know if any version <3.0 correctly supports group
policies for Win9x machines.
>
>
> Thank-you,
> Nathan Howard
> --
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>
-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org

On Fri, 2 May 2003, Nathan wrote:
> John:
>
> Thank-you for the immediate reply.
>
> By pointing me to a document for version 3.0, does this mean that group
> policies (in Win9x) do not work for versions < 3.0?  As I am running a
2.2.x
> version, and the 3.0 version is still in BETA (as far as I know), I would
> like to know if I can implement group policies in the version I'm
running.
Samba does NOT implement group policies - your MS Windows client does.
What samba has to implement is the NETLOGON share in which you need to
place your Config.POL file. Samba also needs to be configured to support
network logons. ie: In smb.conf [globals]
	domain logons = Yes

So what else is missing from the HOWTO? I do need to know.

- John T.
>
> Thanks,
> Nathan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John H Terpstra" <jht@samba.org>
> To: "Nathan" <poohsfriend@myeastern.com>
> Cc: <samba@lists.samba.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 6:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Samba] A Group Policy Question in Win9x (yes, another one).
>
>
> > Nathan,
> >
> > Please refer to the following document. It is a work in progress that
will
> > be completed for inclusion in Samba-3.
> >
> > If you do NOT find what you need in this document then please let me
know
> > at the earliest opportunity.
> >
> > http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John T.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 May 2003, Nathan wrote:
> >
> > >     I am wondering if anyone has ever answered the question of
group
> policy operability under Windows 9x.  That is, I am _not_ looking for a
> work-around but the real thing--one config.pol file to service several
> groups.
> > >     I have done my homework, hopefully well, but found nothing. 
To
> prove this, I will quickly summarize my findings below.  Either I have
> found:
> > >
> > > 1. a list of unresolved (mostly unreplied as well) inquiries from
the
> past including some from Sept, Oct, and Dec of 1999, along with the latest
> inquiry dated July 2002, and others as well. (These were from the SAMBA
> Mailing List.)
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > 2. a work-around.
> > >
> > >     Please let me know if any version <3.0 correctly supports
group
> policies for Win9x machines.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank-you,
> > > Nathan Howard
> > > --
> > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read
the
> > > instructions:  http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
> > >
> >
> > --
> > John H Terpstra
> > Email: jht@samba.org
> >
>
-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org