Background: I've setup my server (name:firewall) to acts as a PDC, and to use roaming profiles. I am using Windows XP with sp1 on the client machines. Problem: When I login to my domain (panacea) I get the following error-message: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied to the server when you logoff. Possible causes of this error include network problems or insufficient security rights. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator. DETAIL - The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can manually mount \\firewall\profiles\alexander, and in that directory I can create files etc. I have also enabled the "Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profiles Folders". I've attached all the relevant information of my system... Please help :) Best regards Alexander ########################################################################### ##### Names ##### Domain: Panacea Server: Firewall (192.168.0.1) Host: Slave (192.168.0.3) Linux: Debian (testing) Samba: Version 3.0.0-Debian ########################################################################### ##### smb.conf ##### [global] ####### Browsing/Identification ######## workgroup = PANACEA netbios name = FIREWALL server string = %h browseable = yes guest account = samba invalid users = @wheel, mail, daemon, adt lock directory = /var/lock/samba/locks wins support = yes name resolve order = lmhosts bcast wins hosts interfaces = eth1 bind interfaces only = yes ####### Logging ####### log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m syslog = 2 max log size = 1000 panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d ############ Performance/Tuning ############ getwd cache = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192 keep alive = 60 dead time = 30 ####### Authentication/Net Bios ####### security = user encrypt passwords = true domain logons = yes os level = 34 local master = yes preferred master = yes domain master = yes add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s /bin/false -M %u ####### Profiles ####### logon drive = h: logon home = "\\%L\%U" logon path = "\\%L\profiles\%u" logon script = login.bat profile acls = yes ####### Password ####### unix password sync = yes pam password change = yes obey pam restrictions = yes passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passdb backend = tdbsam guest ########## Printing ########## load printers = yes printing = cups printcap name = cups #printcap name = /var/run/cups/printcap printer admin = @ntadmin [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /panacea/users/netlogon guest ok = Yes [profiles] path = /panacea/users/profiles read only = no create mask = 0744 directory mask = 0744 writable = yes browseable = yes csc policy = disable profile acls = yes nt acl support = yes [homes] comment = "Home Directory for : %u " path = /panacea/users/%u guest ok = no read only = no create mask = 700 directory mask = 700 writable = yes browseable = no ########################################################################### ##### User information ##### pdbedit -Lv -u alexander Unix username: alexander NT username: Account Flags: [U ] User SID: S-1-5-21-198119243-2907378319-2784864356-3000 Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-198119243-2907378319-2784864356-3001 Full Name: Alexander Gustafsson Home Directory: "\\firewall\alexander" HomeDir Drive: h: Logon Script: login.bat Profile Path: "\\firewall\profiles\%u" Domain: FIREWALL # This is the user account cat /etc/passwd | grep alexander alexander:x:1001:100:Alexander Gustafsson,,,:/home/alexander:/bin/bash # This is the Host account cat /etc/passwd | grep slave slave$:*:1000:100:Host slave,,,:/dev/null:/dev/null ########################################################################### ##### Directories/Permissions ##### I know that this system is "wide" open, but I thought the problem could be permission related, so that's why I used 1777. root@firewall:/panacea/users# ls -la drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jan 21 22:04 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Dec 28 16:42 .. drwx------ 9 alexander users 4096 Jan 22 14:10 alexander drwxrwxrwx 2 root users 4096 Dec 28 16:39 netlogon drwxrwxrwt 5 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 profiles root@firewall:/panacea/users/netlogon# ls -la drwxrwxrwx 2 root users 4096 Dec 28 16:39 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jan 21 22:04 .. root@firewall:/panacea/users/profiles# l drwxrwxrwt 5 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 . drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jan 21 22:04 .. drwxrwxrwt 13 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 alexander root@firewall:/panacea/users/profiles/alexander# ls -la total 1080 drwxrwxrwt 13 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 . drwxrwxrwt 5 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 .. drwxrwxrwt 6 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 Application Data drwxrwxrwt 2 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 Cookies drwxrwxrwt 2 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 Desktop drwxrwxrwt 3 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:22 Favorites drwxrwxrwt 5 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 My Documents drwxrwxrwt 2 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 NetHood drwxrwxrwt 2 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 PrintHood drwxrwxrwt 2 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 Recent drwxrwxrwt 2 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 SendTo drwxrwxrwt 3 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 Start Menu drwxrwxrwt 2 root users 4096 Jan 22 15:20 Templates -rwxrwxrwt 1 root users 1048576 Jan 22 15:20 ntuser.dat ########################################################################### ##### ##### cat log.slave [2004/01/22 16:00:11, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(880) slave (192.168.0.3) closed connection to service profiles [2004/01/22 16:00:20, 0] rpc_server/srv_pipe.c:api_pipe_netsec_process(1357) failed to decode PDU [2004/01/22 16:00:20, 0] rpc_server/srv_pipe_hnd.c:process_request_pdu(605) process_request_pdu: failed to do schannel processing. [2004/01/22 16:00:36, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(698) slave (192.168.0.3) connect to service netlogon initially as user alexander (uid=1001, gid=100) (pid 7540) [2004/01/22 16:00:47, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(880) slave (192.168.0.3) closed connection to service netlogon [2004/01/22 16:00:50, 0] rpc_server/srv_util.c:get_domain_user_groups(371) get_domain_user_groups: primary gid of user [slave$] is not a Domain group ! get_domain_user_groups: You should fix it, NT doesn't like that [2004/01/22 16:00:50, 0] rpc_server/srv_util.c:get_alias_user_groups(219) get_alias_user_groups: gid of user slave$ doesn't exist. Check your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files [2004/01/22 16:00:56, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(880) slave (192.168.0.3) closed connection to service alexander [2004/01/22 16:00:56, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(880) cat log.smbd [2004/01/22 16:01:00, 0] lib/util_sock.c:get_socket_addr(919) getpeername failed. Error was Transport endpoint is not connected