samba - Jun 2004 - XP-client logs in, but does not load profile from server and only uses a local one.

Hi to all,

i'm new to the mailing list, because i already searched the whole list and  
google fot this, but i could not find anything:

I have set up a cute Samba 3 PDC as described here:
http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#id2498710

In fact the setup is nearly exactly the same. (I've just added one more  
share.)

Then i used a XP client to load a local profile to \\%L\Profiles\%u\ like  
described in the howtos (forgot where it was) and logged in with that new  
user in the domain.

Now the problem: Instead of loading the roaming profile xp created a new  
local profile and used this one.
But under My Computer -> User Profiles xp tells me that is's server-saved
but local.

I have set "profile acls" to "Yes" and already tried to give
eeryone foul
access to that directory/share, but nothing changed.

Ther is no entry in the logs (log.smbd, log.nmbd, log.winbindd) and the  
creaded profile stays on the client, meaning that it's not a temporary  
profile.

I'm at my wits' end, because i've never set up an original
m$-server! :(

Thanks in advance!

Navid Zamani

On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, Navid Zamani wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> i'm new to the mailing list, because i already searched the whole list
and
> google fot this, but i could not find anything:
>
> I have set up a cute Samba 3 PDC as described here:
> http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#id2498710
>
> In fact the setup is nearly exactly the same. (I've just added one more
> share.)
In fact setting up the profiles is the biggest problem with 
samba. Here are some things you might check:
> Then i used a XP client to load a local profile to \\%L\Profiles\%u\ like 
> described in the howtos (forgot where it was) and logged in with that new 
> user in the domain.
1) You have distinguish the share name in [...] from the the unix
    path. So if your service is called \\%L\Profiles\%u\ in
    [global] section, then you need to have a section [Profiles]
    with the correct UNIX path, p.ex. /usr/local/profiles .
    Small typos like /usr/local/Profiles or [profile] will make it
    unavailable.
    By the way: I use a capital %U and no slash at the end. I
                don't know if that makes a difference.
2) The user profile directory has to exist before the first
    login. XP can fill up the user profile directory but not
    create one. You can create the directories manually or in case
    you need very many profiles, there exist simple scripts which
    create them for you.
3) The user needs to own his profile and he needs full
    permissions on it. See your system's manuals about chown and
    chmod .

These were my ideas: I hope one of them helps.

Uli.


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