samba - Feb 2004 - 'logon drive' questions

Hello list, I sent this about two weeks ago, but I didn't get an
answer... so I'm pushing my luck. :-)

QUESTION#1: What EXACLTLY causes the HOMEDRIVE, HOMEPATH, and
HOMESHARE variables? Something passed from Samab to the client, or
some thing the client does?

QUESTION#2: How/what/where/why is there a difference in the results
of click on "Command Prompt"?

My Setup...

I'm running SuSE 9.0 Pro (2.4.21-192-default) and samba-2.2.8a-107.

I have a XP laptop client.

When I first setup my Samba PDC, I had this smb.conf:

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[global]
        workgroup = NO-CATS
        netbios name = MUTT
        server string = Samba PDC running %v
        encrypt passwords = Yes
        update encrypted = Yes
        passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
        unix password sync = Yes
        log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
        time server = Yes
        socket options = SO_KEEPALIVE IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
        logon script = logon.bat
        logon path = \\%L\%U\.msprofile
        logon drive = H:
        logon home = \\%L\%U\.win_profile\%m
        domain logons = Yes
        os level = 255
        preferred master = Yes
        domain master = Yes
        wins support = Yes
        hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0

[netlogon]
        path = /home/samba/netlogon
        browseable = No

[profiles]
        path = /home/samba/nt_profiles
        read only = No
        create mask = 0600
        directory mask = 0700
        browseable = No

[homes]
        comment = %U's HOME directory
        valid users = %S
        read only = No
        browseable = No
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Later, I changed 'logon path' to \\%L\profiles\%U\%m

When 'logon path' is \\%L\%U\.msprofile and I click on "Command
Prompt", I get a command window that says: H:\

When 'logon path' is \\%L\profiles\%U\%m" and I I click on
"Command
Prompt", I get a command window that says: C:\Documents and
Settings\flichlock

I have compared the XP client "set" variables, and I see just three
differences:

< HOMEDRIVE=H:
< HOMEPATH=\
< HOMESHARE=\\mutt\flinchlock
---
> HOMEDRIVE=C:
> HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\flinchlock

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, flinchlock wrote:
> Later, I changed 'logon path' to \\%L\profiles\%U\%m
>
> When 'logon path' is \\%L\%U\.msprofile and I click on
"Command
> Prompt", I get a command window that says: H:\
>
> When 'logon path' is \\%L\profiles\%U\%m" and I I click on
"Command
> Prompt", I get a command window that says: C:\Documents and
> Settings\flichlock
Do you have a directory on the logon server under the share called
"profiles" called ./flinchlock/'machine_name' ?

If the client can not find this at logon time it will default to using a
local profile. That is what it seems to be doing.

- John T.
>
> I have compared the XP client "set" variables, and I see just
three
> differences:
>
> < HOMEDRIVE=H:
> < HOMEPATH=\
> < HOMESHARE=\\mutt\flinchlock
> ---
> > HOMEDRIVE=C:
> > HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\flinchlock
>
-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht@samba.org