samba - May 2004 - Windows XP client - intermittent 'network name cannotbefound' loading profile

John, I have tried the suggestions you provided. I have setup Dynamic
DNS as per the Samba 3 By Example book and this is all updating
correctly. I have run the validation steps indicated in the book and all
names are resolvable and reachable via hosts, DNS and WINS.

I am not sure why winbind would need to be turned off, but seeing as I
do not need that currently, I have tried disabling it; the problem
remains.

The profile directory attributes are:


drwxrwxr-x    7 root     dusers       4096 May  3 10:05 .
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Mar 30 15:14 ..


and the share definition from smb.conf is:


[Profiles]
   path = /usr/local/samba/profiles
   readonly = no
   create mask = 0600
   directory mask = 0700
   browseable = no
#   guest ok = yes
   csc policy = disable
   profile acls = yes
#   nt acl support = no


I have enabled the GPO settings:


Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders


and


Add the Administrators security group to roaming user profiles


on the Windows XP client.

Any other suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 16:28, John Arthur wrote:
> drwxr-xrwt    4 root     Domain Admins     4096 May  3 14:37 .
> drwxr-xr-x    4 root     Domain Admins     4096 Apr 22 23:04 ..
> 
> 
> [profiles]
>         # chmod 1757 /domain/profiles
>         path = /domain/profiles
>         writeable = yes
>         browseable = no
>         create mask = 0600
>         directory mask = 0700
>         profile acls = yes
>         csc policy = disable
>         # next line is a great way to secure the profiles
>         force user = %U
>         # next line allows administrator to access all profiles
>         valid users = %U "Domain Admins"
> 
> 
> Hi Micheal,
> 
> I was intermittent problems too. I had to
> 
> Turn winbind off.
> Make sure WINS & DNS were being updated & queried correctly
> and do the GPO stuff to get is working correctly.
> 
> Also have a look at you pprofiles directory attributes
> 
> Regards John
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: samba-bounces+lists=davey.net.au@lists.samba.org
> > [mailto:samba-bounces+lists=davey.net.au@lists.samba.org]On Behalf Of
> > Michael Vermaes
> > Sent: Monday, 3 May 2004 2:04 PM
> > To: samba@lists.samba.org
> > Subject: RE: [Samba] Windows XP client - intermittent 'network
name
> > cannotbefound' loading profile
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the quick reply John. I tried setting the local GPO option
as
> > described in the article, but the problem still occurs. The issue
> > described in the article is not exactly what I am experiencing - the
> > event id is 1521. The permissions of the profile on the server are
> > correct after it is created:
> >
> > [root@ldap profiles]# ls -la
> > total 6352
> > drwxrwxr-x    7 root     dusers       4096 May  3 10:05 .
> > drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root         4096 Mar 30 15:14 ..
> > drwx------   13 michaelv dusers       4096 May  3 11:45
> > michaelv            <======> >
> > where dusers is mapped to the "Domain Users" Windows group
with net
> > groupmap.
> >
> > The ownership of the profile on the Windows XP client also appears to
be
> > correct.
> >
> > I would expect the problem described in the article to be a more
> > consistently occurring error - my problem is seemingly random, and
> > usually works after leaving the client for a long period of time, or
> > restarting it.
> >
> > I have tried experimenting with some of the other GPO settings on the
> > client, and also setting the "profile acls = yes" option in
the
> > [Profiles] section of smb.conf, but the problem remains.
> >
> > Thanks for any additional help.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 11:23, John Arthur wrote:
> >
> > > But did you try a base install pre service pack 1a?
> > >
> > > Try this fix -- it appears to have sloved my problems
> > >
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;327462
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards John
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: samba-bounces+lists=davey.net.au@lists.samba.org
> > > > [mailto:samba-bounces+lists=davey.net.au@lists.samba.org]On
Behalf Of
> > > > Michael Vermaes
> > > > Sent: Monday, 3 May 2004 12:23 PM
> > > > To: samba@lists.samba.org
> > > > Subject: [Samba] Windows XP client - intermittent
'network name cannot
> > > > befound' loading profile
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have seen a number of postings which seem similar to the
> > problem I am
> > > > having, but am yet to find a fix for my situation. Problem
is as
> > > > follows:
> > > >
> > > > - Samba 3.0.2 rpm installed on Red Hat Enterprise ES 3.0,
> > configured as
> > > > PDC with ldapsam backend
> > > > - Windows XP Professional client joined to the Samba domain.
> > > >
> > > > The XP client successfully joins the domain and can browse
and access
> > > > shares (including the user's profile). The first login
(as a domain
> > > > user) always succeeds, following logins randomly fail with
> > the 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 network name cannot be found."
> > > >
> > > > The problem seems to be as described in the Microsoft
knowledge base
> > > > article number 831651, however I have obtained the hotfix
> > from them and
> > > > still have the issue.
> > > >
> > > > I have tried a base install of XP (SP 1a) and also
downloading and
> > > > installing all critical Windows Updates.
> > > >
> > > > A Windows 2000 Professional (SP 2) client joined to the same
domain
> > > > works consistently in this situation with no problem.
> > > >
> > > > Any advice would be appreciated as this is the final issue I
need to
> > > > resolve to migrate our Active Directory domain to
Samba/OpenLDAP. This
> > > > seems to be an issue specifically with XP logging into
Samba,
> > since W2K
> > > > works consistently, therefore I believe my config is mostly
correct,
> > > > however I can post the details if necessary.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
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