samba - Aug 2004 - Simple?? questions?

Greetings all!

      I have installed 3.0.5 on a Fedora Core2 systems with a hand-built 
kernel and I seem to have things mostly running.  I do have some 
questions that searches have been unable to produce an answer to. 
Hopefully, someone here can help.

      When I log on to the domain with an XP system(not SP2, yet), it 
takes forever.  It stops at "Loading/Saving your profile" for minutes.
I don't see any errors in the log file.

      The next question arises mostly due to my inexperience with 
administering windows domains.  However, the more I think about it, the 
more I think it can't be done.  Is it possible to copy local profiles 
from a windows system to the profiles directory on the samba server and 
expect everything to work as if the profile were being loaded locally? 
By locally, I mean non-domain, local profile.

      Thank You for any help you can send my way!

      Here's my smb.conf:

[global]
	workgroup = TELECOM
	server string = Telecom Fileserver
	passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
	passwd chat 	username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
	log file = /var/log/samba/log.smbd
	max log size = 100
	socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
	add user script = /etc/samba/add_domain_user %u
	delete user script = /etc/samba/del_domain_user %u
	add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g
	delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g
	add user to group script = /usr/bin/gpasswd -a %u %g
	delete user from group script = /usr/bin/gpasswd -d %u %g
	set primary group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -g %g %u
	add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s 
/sbin/nologin %u
	logon script = logon.bat
	logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u\%m
	logon drive = X:
	domain logons = Yes
	os level = 65
	preferred master = Yes
	domain master = Yes
	dns proxy = No
	wins support = Yes
	ldap ssl = no
	lpq command = /usr/bin/lpq -P %p
	lprm command = /usr/bin/lprm -P %p $j
	lppause command = /usr/bin/lp -i %p-%j -H hold
	lpresume command = /usr/bin/lp -i %p-%j -H resume
	queuepause command = /usr/bin/disable %p
	queueresume command = /usr/bin/enable %p

[netlogon]
	comment = Network Logon Service
	path = /usr/lib/samba/netlogon
	browseable = No

[profiles]
	path = /home/nt-prof
	read only = No
	create mask = 0600
	directory mask = 0700
	browseable = No

[homes]
	comment = Home Directories
	read only = No
	browseable = No

[printers]
	comment = All Printers
	path = /var/spool/samba
	printable = Yes
	browseable = No

[Data1]
	comment = For Testing purposes only please
	path = /mnt/Data1
	valid users = @users
	read only = No

[Data3]
	comment = For Testing purposes only please
	path = /mnt/Data3
	valid users = @users
	read only = No

[Canon_3300]
	comment = Canon 3300
	path = /var/spool/samba
	printer admin = @staff
	read only = No
	printable = Yes
	printer name = Canon_3300
	oplocks = No
	share modes = No


      Cheers!

Chris Trown

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:52:53 -0700
Chris Trown <ctrown@uoregon.edu> wrote:
>       When I log on to the domain with an XP system(not SP2, yet), it 
> takes forever.  It stops at "Loading/Saving your profile" for
minutes.
> I don't see any errors in the log file.
How big is your profile? It will be copied from the server to the PC at
every login, and back again at every logout.
 
>       The next question arises mostly due to my inexperience with 
> administering windows domains.  However, the more I think about it, the 
> more I think it can't be done.  Is it possible to copy local profiles 
> from a windows system to the profiles directory on the samba server and 
> expect everything to work as if the profile were being loaded locally? 
> By locally, I mean non-domain, local profile.
In a word: yes. See the Samba HOWTO collection.

Keith