samba - Jan 2005 - Samba + Roaming Profiles + Firefox Application

Dear Samba Comunity!
 I encounter Problems with a certain Configuration, please help!

Concerns: Roaming Profiles on a Samba Server (Samba 3.0.10) 
Symptom: Application Firefox behaves strange and crashes after installing an
(any) Extension:
 
The plain Firefox Application without Extensions installed just works fine.
but after instlling an Extension, logging out and in again, it opens and hangs
showing a white window.
After reopening it, it works again, but the former installed Extension has
vanished.
 
I wondered whats happening with the files in the roaming Profile: 
During the Logon-Session were i installed the Firefox Extension everthing works
fine and the Profile shows up the Extension-Files:
 ..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\install.rdf
..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\chrome\adblock.jar
..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\install.js
..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\nsAdblock.js
(they also exist on the Samba-Server Share, althoug i thought, these
Profile-Data is downloaded locally to the Client)
 
after logging out and in again, under the same Login Name, these Extension files
have disappeared (magically) from the server.
I wonder whats going on? can it be, that this is a Firefox BUG??? or is it
possible to have a samba problem here? - all other Applications are working
properly in this domain..

Logs:
I traced the log.smbd on Log level 5 (thousands of lines..) but i coudnt find
anything suspicious..

can anybody help pleese! THX! 
 
Configuration:
[global]
        workgroup = TEST
        realm = TEST.LOCAL
        server string = Samba 3.0.10
        security = ADS
        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        idmap uid = 10000-20000
        idmap gid = 10000-20000
        template homedir = /home/%D/%U
        log level = 2
        obey pam restrictions = Yes
        unix charset = LOCALE
        logon path=\\%L\Profiles\%U
        encrypt passwords = yes
        guest ok = No
        security mask = 0777
        force security mode = 0
        directory security mask = 0777
        force directory security mode = 0
        map to guest = Bad User
        hide dot files = Yes
        browsable = yes
[profiles]
        comment = Network Profiles Service
        path = /data/Profiles/%U
        read only = No
        store dos attributes = Yes
        create mask = 0600
        directory mask = 0700

_________________________________________________

Roman Hudelist
System Administration Specialist
Sphinx Managed Services GmbH
A-1060 Wien, Mariahilferstra?e 103
Tel: 59 555 59 - 303
Fax: 59 555 59 - 399
Email: roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at
<BLOCKED::mailto:roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at>
Homepage: http://www.sphinx-ms.at/ <BLOCKED::http://www.sphinx-ms.at/> 
_________________________________________________

 
 

_________________________________________________

Roman Hudelist
System Administration Specialist
Sphinx Managed Services GmbH
A-1060 Wien, Mariahilferstra?e 103
Tel: 59 555 59 - 303
Fax: 59 555 59 - 399
Email: roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at <mailto:roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at> 
Homepage: http://www.sphinx-ms.at/ <http://www.sphinx-ms.at/> 
_________________________________________________

Hi Roman,
try to comment out

hide dot files = Yes
in global and use equals in shares section ( better not for home and profiles )


there may .files needed for the Extensions to work
Regards

Roman Hudelist schrieb:
>Dear Samba Comunity!
> I encounter Problems with a certain Configuration, please help!
>
>Concerns: Roaming Profiles on a Samba Server (Samba 3.0.10) 
>Symptom: Application Firefox behaves strange and crashes after installing an
(any) Extension:
> 
>The plain Firefox Application without Extensions installed just works fine.
>but after instlling an Extension, logging out and in again, it opens and
hangs showing a white window.
>After reopening it, it works again, but the former installed Extension has
vanished.
> 
>I wondered whats happening with the files in the roaming Profile: 
>During the Logon-Session were i installed the Firefox Extension everthing
works fine and the Profile shows up the Extension-Files:
>
..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\install.rdf
>..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\chrome\adblock.jar
>..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\install.js
>..Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ospucvhc.default\extensions\{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}\nsAdblock.js
>(they also exist on the Samba-Server Share, althoug i thought, these
Profile-Data is downloaded locally to the Client)
> 
>after logging out and in again, under the same Login Name, these Extension
files have disappeared (magically) from the server.
>I wonder whats going on? can it be, that this is a Firefox BUG??? or is it
possible to have a samba problem here? - all other Applications are working
properly in this domain..
>
>Logs:
>I traced the log.smbd on Log level 5 (thousands of lines..) but i coudnt
find anything suspicious..
>
>can anybody help pleese! THX! 
> 
>Configuration:
>[global]
>        workgroup = TEST
>        realm = TEST.LOCAL
>        server string = Samba 3.0.10
>        security = ADS
>        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>        idmap uid = 10000-20000
>        idmap gid = 10000-20000
>        template homedir = /home/%D/%U
>        log level = 2
>        obey pam restrictions = Yes
>        unix charset = LOCALE
>        logon path=\\%L\Profiles\%U
>        encrypt passwords = yes
>        guest ok = No
>        security mask = 0777
>        force security mode = 0
>        directory security mask = 0777
>        force directory security mode = 0
>        map to guest = Bad User
>        hide dot files = Yes
>        browsable = yes
>[profiles]
>        comment = Network Profiles Service
>        path = /data/Profiles/%U
>        read only = No
>        store dos attributes = Yes
>        create mask = 0600
>        directory mask = 0700
>
>_________________________________________________
>
>Roman Hudelist
>System Administration Specialist
>Sphinx Managed Services GmbH
>A-1060 Wien, Mariahilferstra?e 103
>Tel: 59 555 59 - 303
>Fax: 59 555 59 - 399
>Email: roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at
<BLOCKED::mailto:roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at>
>Homepage: http://www.sphinx-ms.at/ <BLOCKED::http://www.sphinx-ms.at/>
>_________________________________________________
>
> 
> 
>
>_________________________________________________
>
>Roman Hudelist
>System Administration Specialist
>Sphinx Managed Services GmbH
>A-1060 Wien, Mariahilferstra?e 103
>Tel: 59 555 59 - 303
>Fax: 59 555 59 - 399
>Email: roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at
<mailto:roman.hudelist@sphinx-ms.at>
>Homepage: http://www.sphinx-ms.at/ <http://www.sphinx-ms.at/> 
>_________________________________________________
>
> 
>  
>

@Robert: Thank You for your quick reply!
I did what you suggested but there was no change in behaviour.

In Addition to your suggestion, i commented out some of the options in smb.conf,
leaving the following:

[global]
        workgroup = TEST
        realm = TEST.LOCAL
        server string = Samba 3.0.10
        security = DOMAIN
        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
        idmap uid = 10000-20000
        idmap gid = 10000-20000
        log level = 2
        unix charset = LOCALE
        logon path=\\%L\Profiles\%U
        encrypt passwords = yes
        guest ok = No
        browsable = yes
[profiles]
        comment = Network Profiles Service
        path = /data/Profiles/%U
        read only = No
        create mask = 0600
        directory mask = 0700

But the Problem is still the same. 
After installing the Extension i find the following files in the folder
"..Profiles/Tester/Anwendungsdaten/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ospucvhc.default/extensions/{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}":

drwxrwsr-x    2 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096 2005-01-24 14:45
chrome
-rwxrw-r--    1 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     7529 2004-05-30 13:12
install.js
-rwxrw-r--    1 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     3463 2004-09-02 11:07
install.rdf
-rwxrw-r--    1 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     1894 2004-05-23 13:50
nsAdblock.js
drwxrwsr-x    2 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096 2005-01-20 14:48
uninstall
  

When the user "tester" logs out the content of the same directory
looks like this:

drwxrwsr-x    2 SCHOENBRUNN\tester SCHOENBRUNN\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096
2005-01-24 14:47 chrome
drwxrwsr-x    2 SCHOENBRUNN\tester SCHOENBRUNN\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096
2005-01-20 14:48 uninstall

So Firefox crashes on next execution and the previously installed extension
vanished.
Maybe its something else?

Cheerz, Roman

Hi Roman,
sorry but for now , i dont have any idea what makes the crash,
have you asked the coders of this extension for known bugs.
I have installs fom Plain Thunderbird and Firefox on samba profiles
without extensions which works like charme.
If you have a test samba in use try chmod -R 0777 to the profile
to make sure you dont run in any permission problems,
perhaps anybody else on the list will help you out, knowing this problem
Regards

Roman Hudelist schrieb:
>@Robert: Thank You for your quick reply!
>I did what you suggested but there was no change in behaviour.
>
>In Addition to your suggestion, i commented out some of the options in
smb.conf, leaving the following:
>
>[global]
>        workgroup = TEST
>        realm = TEST.LOCAL
>        server string = Samba 3.0.10
>        security = DOMAIN
>        username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>        idmap uid = 10000-20000
>        idmap gid = 10000-20000
>        log level = 2
>        unix charset = LOCALE
>        logon path=\\%L\Profiles\%U
>        encrypt passwords = yes
>        guest ok = No
>        browsable = yes
>[profiles]
>        comment = Network Profiles Service
>        path = /data/Profiles/%U
>        read only = No
>        create mask = 0600
>        directory mask = 0700
>
>But the Problem is still the same. 
>After installing the Extension i find the following files in the folder
"..Profiles/Tester/Anwendungsdaten/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ospucvhc.default/extensions/{34274bf4-1d97-a289-e984-17e546307e4f}":
>
>drwxrwsr-x    2 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096 2005-01-24 14:45
chrome
>-rwxrw-r--    1 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     7529 2004-05-30 13:12
install.js
>-rwxrw-r--    1 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     3463 2004-09-02 11:07
install.rdf
>-rwxrw-r--    1 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     1894 2004-05-23 13:50
nsAdblock.js
>drwxrwsr-x    2 TEST\tester TEST\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096 2005-01-20 14:48
uninstall
>  
>
>When the user "tester" logs out the content of the same directory
looks like this:
>
>drwxrwsr-x    2 SCHOENBRUNN\tester SCHOENBRUNN\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096
2005-01-24 14:47 chrome
>drwxrwsr-x    2 SCHOENBRUNN\tester SCHOENBRUNN\Dom?nen-Benutzer     4096
2005-01-20 14:48 uninstall
>
>So Firefox crashes on next execution and the previously installed extension
vanished.
>Maybe its something else?
>
>Cheerz, Roman
>  
>