samba - Jun 2003 - win2000 service pack 4 - samba 2.2.2

Hello,

 At 5pm today, we had an individual notify me that their 'profile' no
longer was
accessible from the samba server (solaris 8 , smb 2.2.2). The person just had
their laptop reimaged and the new M$ service-pack 4 was installed on it.
They can access their 'home directory' just not the profile one. Error
is
concerning the user not having access, versus rights. I installed the service
pack on my w2k machine and chmod 777 my profile directory as well...same error.
Defaults to the local profile instead. 

 Note, the samba server reflects "samba_server_hostname\username" when
looking
at the permessions from windows. We also found out that the migrate win2kAD
accounts needed their profile directories on a windows machines to be changed as
well...they use to be, "nt4_domainname\username". Had to change take
control of
the directory, therefore making the perms "win2k_ad\username". This
then worked.
Sorry if I didn't explain this well.

 I'm not at work now, I can forward more details after dinner if needed.

Thanks for any help or confirmation that SP4 is a problem,
Adam Cody

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, ajcody@digitalhandshakes.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  At 5pm today, we had an individual notify me that their 'profile'
no longer was
> accessible from the samba server (solaris 8 , smb 2.2.2). The person just
had
> their laptop reimaged and the new M$ service-pack 4 was installed on it.
> They can access their 'home directory' just not the profile one.
Error is
> concerning the user not having access, versus rights. I installed the
service
> pack on my w2k machine and chmod 777 my profile directory as well...same
error.
> Defaults to the local profile instead.
>
>  Note, the samba server reflects "samba_server_hostname\username"
when looking
> at the permessions from windows. We also found out that the migrate win2kAD
> accounts needed their profile directories on a windows machines to be
changed as
> well...they use to be, "nt4_domainname\username". Had to change
take control of
> the directory, therefore making the perms "win2k_ad\username".
This then worked.
> Sorry if I didn't explain this well.
>
>  I'm not at work now, I can forward more details after dinner if
needed.
>
> Thanks for any help or confirmation that SP4 is a problem,
You need to update to samba-2.2.8a or later.

- John T.
-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org

>  At 5pm today, we had an individual notify me that their 'profile'
no
>  longer was
> accessible from the samba server (solaris 8 , smb 2.2.2). The person just
> had their laptop reimaged and the new M$ service-pack 4 was installed on
> it. They can access their 'home directory' just not the profile
one. Error
> is concerning the user not having access, versus rights. I installed the
> service pack on my w2k machine and chmod 777 my profile directory as
> well...same error. Defaults to the local profile instead.
> 
>  Note, the samba server reflects "samba_server_hostname\username"
when
>  looking
> at the permessions from windows. We also found out that the migrate
> win2kAD accounts needed their profile directories on a windows machines to
> be changed as well...they use to be, "nt4_domainname\username".
Had to
> change take control of the directory, therefore making the perms
> "win2k_ad\username". This then worked. Sorry if I didn't
explain this
> well.
> 
>  I'm not at work now, I can forward more details after dinner if
needed.
> 
> Thanks for any help or confirmation that SP4 is a problem,
> Adam Cody
I installed SP4 on to different boxes. Users can't load their profiles 
anymore either. I'm using Debian 2.2 & Samba 2.2.8a. Could you please 
explain clearly how you solved the problem.

Thanks for any help.

Angel Chiou

It sounds to me like the common xp sp1 problem, especially when i read
this:

The German settings are:

"Computerkonfiguration -> Administrative Vorlagen -> System -> 
Anmeldung -> Eigentuemer von servergespeicherten Profilen nicht pruefen 
-> aktiviert"

check the unofficial samba howto:

http://www.math.temple.edu/computing/samba.html#xp

regards,

Bas