samba - Dec 2005 - Profile naming and Domain Name

For the purpose of my question I will use the following informaiton:

User Name = john.smith
PDC = MIDEARTH
Domain Name = MARS

I have a samba-3 domain set up using Win XP Pro clients.  Everything 
works ok besides for a few programs that are flaking out.  But I have 
one small querk.

I can log on the computer using MARS\john.smith and works fine.  Lets 
say I have john.smith as a local user account with the profile of  
%SYSTEMROOT%\Documents and Settings\john.smith and then he logs into the 
domain which should create the profile folder of john.smith.MARS but 
instead it creates john.smith.MIDEARTH.

Also when using usrmgr.exe or srvmgr.exe, it never find MARS without me 
having to select the domain.  I suspect its looking for MIDEARTH as the 
domain but i'm not sure why.

Any ideas?

This is normal behavor,
>> instead it creates john.smith.MIDEARTH. 
if on the pc local , john.smith exists, 
it always create a new folder john.smith.SERVERNAME
if you delete the local loginname and create te same again
you wil get a john.smith.PCNAME

mayby your domain name is MIDEARTH .. And not MARS. 

Louis
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>Onderwerp: [Samba] Profile naming and Domain Name
>
>For the purpose of my question I will use the following informaiton:
>
>User Name = john.smith
>PDC = MIDEARTH
>Domain Name = MARS
>
>I have a samba-3 domain set up using Win XP Pro clients.  Everything 
>works ok besides for a few programs that are flaking out.  But I have 
>one small querk.
>
>I can log on the computer using MARS\john.smith and works fine.  Lets 
>say I have john.smith as a local user account with the profile of  
>%SYSTEMROOT%\Documents and Settings\john.smith and then he 
>logs into the 
>domain which should create the profile folder of john.smith.MARS but 
>instead it creates john.smith.MIDEARTH.
>
>Also when using usrmgr.exe or srvmgr.exe, it never find MARS 
>without me 
>having to select the domain.  I suspect its looking for 
>MIDEARTH as the 
>domain but i'm not sure why.
>
>Any ideas?
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Well, there is one other problem with this.  If i log on to the domain 
(MARS) using XP with user name/password and Log On box set to MARS -- i 
log in ok. but when i lock the computer it shows MIDEARTH\john.smith 
instead of MARS\john.smith and the profiles list in control panel shows 
the same thing. 

I know the domain is MARS and i know the PDC is MIDEARTH i just have 
this qurk.  Everything does work though.  Just very, very odd.

Thanks for the reply.