Robert Galter
2004-Aug-24 23:27 UTC
[Samba] Problems with Windows XP pro after initial login to Samba 3.0 server
Question: Does anybody have a solution for this problem? Problem: Windows XP creates a new user with same name after initial machine login to Samba domain. E.G. under Documents and settings the user name: gilbert existed as a subdirectory with additional subdirectories such as desktop, startup, MyDocuments, etc. The following procedure was used in Windows XP to log the machine into the Samba server: 1. Open System Properties dialog 2. Click Computer Name tab 3 Click command button: Change. 4. Click Member of Domain radio button 5. Fill domain name of edit field with Samba domain name 6. Click OK - User name/password appears 7. Fill in "root" as user name and "rootspassword" as the password 8. Wait 9. Process completes and then reboot. At this point a new user has been created: gilbert.000 . This new user has not inherited any of the settings from the original user, i.e. Desktop is blank, applications do not launch at startup, installed programs are not in start menu. The same set of subdirectories exist off of gilbert.000 but they are empty. The original gilbert subdirectory still exists but gilbert.000 has no access rights to gilbert. The original gilbert is an admin user and the new gilbert.000 has no admin rights. As the new user without rights, gilbert.000 cannot be changed back to admin. How do you keep this behavior from happening on Windows XP pro? How do you correct the problem after it has happened?
Thomas M. Skeren III
2004-Aug-25 00:41 UTC
[Samba] Problems with Windows XP pro after initial login to Samba 3.0 server
Wee below Robert Galter wrote:>Question: Does anybody have a solution for this problem? >Problem: Windows XP creates a new user with same name after initial machine >login to Samba domain. E.G. under Documents and settings the user name: >gilbert existed as a subdirectory with additional subdirectories such as >desktop, startup, MyDocuments, etc. The following procedure was used in >Windows XP to log the machine into the Samba server: >1. Open System Properties dialog >2. Click Computer Name tab >3 Click command button: Change. >4. Click Member of Domain radio button >5. Fill domain name of edit field with Samba domain name >6. Click OK - User name/password appears >7. Fill in "root" as user name and "rootspassword" as the password >8. Wait >9. Process completes and then reboot. > >At this point a new user has been created: gilbert.000 . This new user has >not inherited any of the settings from the original user, i.e. Desktop is >blank, applications do not launch at startup, installed programs are not in >start menu. The same set of subdirectories exist off of gilbert.000 but >they are empty. The original gilbert subdirectory still exists but >gilbert.000 has no access rights to gilbert. The original gilbert is an >admin user and the new gilbert.000 has no admin rights. As the new user >without rights, gilbert.000 cannot be changed back to admin. > >How do you keep this behavior from happening on Windows XP pro? > >You don't. It also happens under NT4 and w2k.>How do you correct the problem after it has happened? > >Rename gilbert.000 to say gilbert.001. Rename gilbert to gilbert .000. This usually works.> > > >