samba - Nov 2004 - Migration to Samba

I'm migrating to Samba on about 50 desktops.  After I join the domain 
(this is on Windows 2k or XP) I get a whole new set of settings (under 
documents and settings).  Is there a way to tell Windows to use the old 
directory?  It matches their username on samba if that helps.  Note, I'm 
using local profiles.

Thanks,

Dean

Dean Landry wrote:
> I'm migrating to Samba on about 50 desktops.  After I join the domain 
> (this is on Windows 2k or XP) I get a whole new set of settings (under 
> documents and settings).  Is there a way to tell Windows to use the 
> old directory?  It matches their username on samba if that helps.  
> Note, I'm using local profiles.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dean
XP and 2k will try to use a directory under "documents and settings"
for
users profiles, from the domain or local or roaming. If the directory 
already exists, it will try username.domain and then username.domain.001 
etc.
If you want to keep users settings, you will need to copy them over - i 
am not aware of a tool to force it to use existing settings.
To move the users over, log on as the new user, then log in as an 
administrator. Right click "my computer" > advanced tab > User
Profiles:
settings.
In this window, select the old user (probably COMPUTERNAME\username) and 
click "copy to" > Browse to "documents and 
settings"/newusername.domainname > OK. Change "permitted to
use" and add
the user in the format DOMAIN\username (just username will not work for 
domain users)
Hope that helps

Basiclly you need to change the registry to point to the profile directory 
to the old place. Here is what I got from the net a while ago. Hope it 
helps.
-- Kang



Have you ever had a profile problem? No, not you, never. You have a laptop 
or a regular computer the was in a domain, but now does not have access to 
the domain. Below are the steps to allow you to control that profile 
information.
 
1)      Logon in as WORKGROUP\USERID
a)      Check to see what directory gets created under C:\Documents and 
Settings.  
- most likely will be USERID.WORKGROUP or USERID.WORKGROUP.000
**** This is the path you will CHANGE in the registry in a later step
b)      Check old DOMAIN directory 
? most likely will be C:\Documents and Settings\USERID
**** This is the path you will USE in the registry in a later step
 
2)      Logout & Login as Local Administrator or Domain Admin
 
3)      Add WORKGROUP\USERID to Local Administrators Group
                                  
4)      Check number of profiles under User Profiles tool
Windows 2000 ? Right Mouse Click on My Computer ? User Profiles 
Windows XP ? Right Mouse Click on My Computer ? Advanced - User Profiles ? 
Settings
Should see two profiles - DOMAIN\USERID and WORKGROUP\USERID
 
5)      Open Registry - REGEDIT
a)      Go to this key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

b)      Find DOMAIN SID ? Look for the path in Step 1b to under 
ProfileImagePath key

c)      Find WORKGROUP SID - Look for the path in Step 1a to under 
ProfileImagePath key

d)      Highlight ProfileImagePath key in right-hand window for WORKGROUP 
SID
Double-click and change path to match old DOMAIN path noted about in Step 
1b.
- will most likely be %SystemDrive%\Documents and Settings\USERID
-         This path is case sensitive 
 
e)      Find DOMAIN SID
Highlight SID in left-hand window and Delete
 
6)      Logout & Login as WORKGROUP\USERID
 
7)      Check number of profiles under User Profiles tool
 Should see only one profile now - WORKGROUP\USERID
 
This will also work if you are moving from one domain to another. Just 
substitute new domain for WORKGROUP.