samba - Nov 2005 - User Manager Tools and Automatic Profile creation

Hi all

 

I have a problem when creating new users.

 

If I create the users directly on my linux box i.e useradd <name> and
smbpasswd -a <name> the profiles directories are set up automatically for
me.

 

However if I try to use the NT4 user manager to create the new users, I have
to manually set the up the profiles and user home directories.

 

Am I missing something here?

 

Tim

Timothy Dutton wrote:
>Hi all
>
> 
>
>I have a problem when creating new users.
>
> 
>
>If I create the users directly on my linux box i.e useradd <name> and
>smbpasswd -a <name> the profiles directories are set up automatically
for
>me.
>
> 
>
>However if I try to use the NT4 user manager to create the new users, I have
>to manually set the up the profiles and user home directories.
>
> 
>
>Am I missing something here?
>
> 
>
>Tim
>
> 
>
>  
>
I believe the profiles will be set up when the user logs on. Home 
directories would only be set up if the users were to be allowed to log 
on as a Linux user, which is usually not the case.

No.. not exactly gary.. this is the best way.

create 1 user, set it up as you like.
name it template.
when creating a new user kopie the template.

you need to fill in at least
- the default groups
- user profile path ( \\servername\profiles\%username% )
- logon script name ( logon.cmd )
- Home Directory  ( P: \\servername\%username% ) 

this works and all you directories will be automatic created.

Louis

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>Namens Gary Dale
>Verzonden: dinsdag 8 november 2005 19:23
>Aan: Timothy Dutton
>CC: samba@lists.samba.org
>Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] User Manager Tools and Automatic 
>Profile creation
>
>Timothy Dutton wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>
>> 
>>
>>I have a problem when creating new users.
>>
>> 
>>
>>If I create the users directly on my linux box i.e useradd <name>
and
>>smbpasswd -a <name> the profiles directories are set up 
>automatically for
>>me.
>>
>> 
>>
>>However if I try to use the NT4 user manager to create the 
>new users, I have
>>to manually set the up the profiles and user home directories.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Am I missing something here?
>>
>> 
>>
>>Tim
>>
>> 
>>
>>  
>>
>I believe the profiles will be set up when the user logs on. Home 
>directories would only be set up if the users were to be 
>allowed to log 
>on as a Linux user, which is usually not the case.
>
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