Douglas Phillipson
2006-Feb-17 20:07 UTC
[Samba] Outlook path to pst file is lost when using roaming profiles
We are having a problem getting the path to the Outlook PST file to move from machine to machine using roaming profiles (Samba 3.0.10 on RHEL 4). When a user logs off on one machine and logs on to another, the outlook path to the PST file is gone. I found this message in the archive back in 2002 but I see no resolution for it: http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2002-July/047507.html Here is the text from that post: Does anybody know how to manage roaming profiles with outlook 2002 ? I have XP boxes with roaming profiles and all work fine. The only problem is that XP doesn?t export the path where outlook stores ist .pst file. This is not the problem for the .pst file where outlook stores contacts and so. The path of the normal pst is on a network drive. But I have an IMAP mail account for every user and if you configure outlook for imap it creates another .pst file under the normal path ...Local Settings../outlook/ I am not able to store this file under a different path e.g. a network drive. I think that there are 2 ways for my problem: 1.) show outlook the path to a network drive for the imap pst as I did it for the normal pst --> I don?t know how 2.) export the whole outlook path under local settings --> It works, but not for a long time: After you create an outlook account for the first time, outlook adds a registry entry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon --> ExcludeProfileDirs In this entry you can add directories of the roaming profile not to export. --> because of that, the outlook pst would not exported with the roaming profile. If I delete this entry on all workstations under the default and the user profile of the registry it works for some time. But after some time, I don?t know why the entry is back in the registry to not export the outlook folder. Does anybody have an idea ? Regards sven Has anybody else seen this problem or found a resolution? Thanks Doug P
Douglas Phillipson
2006-Feb-21 18:07 UTC
[Samba] Outlook path to pst file is lost when using roaming profiles
Is nobody else losing their Outlook profile/path to pst when using roaming profiles? Doug P Douglas Phillipson wrote:> We are having a problem getting the path to the Outlook PST file to move > from machine to machine using roaming profiles (Samba 3.0.10 on RHEL 4). > When a user logs off on one machine and logs on to another, the outlook > path to the PST file is gone. I found this message in the archive back > in 2002 but I see no resolution for it: > > http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2002-July/047507.html > > Here is the text from that post: > > Does anybody know how to manage roaming profiles with outlook 2002 ? I > have XP boxes with roaming profiles and all work fine. The only problem > is that > XP doesn?t export the path where outlook stores ist .pst file. This is > not the problem for the .pst file where outlook stores contacts and so. > The path of the normal pst is on a network drive. But I have an IMAP > mail account for every user and if you configure outlook for imap it > creates another .pst file under the normal path ...Local > Settings../outlook/ > I am not able to store this file under a different path e.g. a network > drive. I think that there are 2 ways for my problem: > > 1.) show outlook the path to a network drive for the imap pst as I did > it for the normal pst --> I don?t know how > > 2.) export the whole outlook path under local settings --> > > It works, but not for a long time: > > After you create an outlook account for the first time, outlook adds a > registry entry under > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon > --> ExcludeProfileDirs > > In this entry you can add directories of the roaming profile not to > export. --> because of that, the outlook pst would not exported with the > roaming profile. If I delete this entry on all workstations under the > default and the user profile of the registry it works for some time. > But after some time, I don?t know why the entry is back in the registry > to not export the outlook folder. > > Does anybody have an idea ? > > Regards sven > > Has anybody else seen this problem or found a resolution? > > Thanks > > Doug P
Robert Schetterer
2006-Feb-21 23:37 UTC
[Samba] Outlook path to pst file is lost when using roaming profiles
Hi, i have all kind of versions of outlook ( 2000/xp/2003) running with roaming profiles and samba pdc and i dont have any problem loosing the pst path, on win 2000/xp, perhaps this was a bug from outlook configured using with imap, check about that, note that every outlook patchlevel behaves different, so check the outlook patch level too. I dont recommend setting regs , for the default pst i think it is better to use a adm/ntconfig.pol Regards Douglas Phillipson schrieb:> Is nobody else losing their Outlook profile/path to pst when using > roaming profiles? > > Doug P > > Douglas Phillipson wrote: >> We are having a problem getting the path to the Outlook PST file to >> move from machine to machine using roaming profiles (Samba 3.0.10 on >> RHEL 4). When a user logs off on one machine and logs on to another, >> the outlook path to the PST file is gone. I found this message in the >> archive back in 2002 but I see no resolution for it: >> >> http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2002-July/047507.html >> >> Here is the text from that post: >> >> Does anybody know how to manage roaming profiles with outlook 2002 ? I >> have XP boxes with roaming profiles and all work fine. The only problem >> is that >> XP doesn?t export the path where outlook stores ist .pst file. This is >> not the problem for the .pst file where outlook stores contacts and so. >> The path of the normal pst is on a network drive. But I have an IMAP >> mail account for every user and if you configure outlook for imap it >> creates another .pst file under the normal path ...Local >> Settings../outlook/ >> I am not able to store this file under a different path e.g. a network >> drive. I think that there are 2 ways for my problem: >> >> 1.) show outlook the path to a network drive for the imap pst as I did >> it for the normal pst --> I don?t know how >> >> 2.) export the whole outlook path under local settings --> >> >> It works, but not for a long time: >> >> After you create an outlook account for the first time, outlook adds a >> registry entry under >> >> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon >> --> ExcludeProfileDirs >> >> In this entry you can add directories of the roaming profile not to >> export. --> because of that, the outlook pst would not exported with the >> roaming profile. If I delete this entry on all workstations under the >> default and the user profile of the registry it works for some time. >> But after some time, I don?t know why the entry is back in the registry >> to not export the outlook folder. >> >> Does anybody have an idea ? >> >> Regards sven >> >> Has anybody else seen this problem or found a resolution? >> >> Thanks >> >> Doug P-- Mit freundlichen Gruessen Best Regards Robert Schetterer robert_at_schetterer_dot_org Munich / Bavaria / Germany https://www.schetterer.org
Louis van Belle
2006-Feb-22 08:29 UTC
[Samba] Outlook path to pst file is lost when usingroaming profiles
I use poledit.exe and the outlook.adm templete to define the path of my pst files. I did put them on the server in the personal folder in a hidden non accessable path for the users (example P:\.email ) at first start outlook wil create in p:\.email\ the file Outlook.pst if alread one exist it will create Outlook1.pst. Louis>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: samba-bounces+louis=van-belle.nl@lists.samba.org >[mailto:samba-bounces+louis=van-belle.nl@lists.samba.org] >Namens Robert Schetterer >Verzonden: woensdag 22 februari 2006 0:37 >Aan: Douglas Phillipson >CC: samba@lists.samba.org >Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Outlook path to pst file is lost when >usingroaming profiles > >Hi, >i have all kind of versions of outlook ( 2000/xp/2003) running with >roaming profiles and samba pdc and i dont have any problem loosing the >pst path, on win 2000/xp, perhaps this was a bug from outlook >configured >using with imap, check about that, note that every outlook patchlevel >behaves different, so check the outlook patch level too. >I dont recommend setting regs , for the default pst i think it >is better >to use a adm/ntconfig.pol >Regards > > >Douglas Phillipson schrieb: >> Is nobody else losing their Outlook profile/path to pst when using >> roaming profiles? >> >> Doug P >> >> Douglas Phillipson wrote: >>> We are having a problem getting the path to the Outlook PST file to >>> move from machine to machine using roaming profiles (Samba >3.0.10 on >>> RHEL 4). When a user logs off on one machine and logs on >to another, >>> the outlook path to the PST file is gone. I found this >message in the >>> archive back in 2002 but I see no resolution for it: >>> >>> http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2002-July/047507.html >>> >>> Here is the text from that post: >>> >>> Does anybody know how to manage roaming profiles with >outlook 2002 ? I >>> have XP boxes with roaming profiles and all work fine. The >only problem >>> is that >>> XP doesn?t export the path where outlook stores ist .pst >file. This is >>> not the problem for the .pst file where outlook stores >contacts and so. >>> The path of the normal pst is on a network drive. But I >have an IMAP >>> mail account for every user and if you configure outlook for imap it >>> creates another .pst file under the normal path ...Local >>> Settings../outlook/ >>> I am not able to store this file under a different path >e.g. a network >>> drive. I think that there are 2 ways for my problem: >>> >>> 1.) show outlook the path to a network drive for the imap >pst as I did >>> it for the normal pst --> I don?t know how >>> >>> 2.) export the whole outlook path under local settings --> >>> >>> It works, but not for a long time: >>> >>> After you create an outlook account for the first time, >outlook adds a >>> registry entry under >>> >>> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows >NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon >>> --> ExcludeProfileDirs >>> >>> In this entry you can add directories of the roaming profile not to >>> export. --> because of that, the outlook pst would not >exported with the >>> roaming profile. If I delete this entry on all workstations >under the >>> default and the user profile of the registry it works for some time. >>> But after some time, I don?t know why the entry is back in >the registry >>> to not export the outlook folder. >>> >>> Does anybody have an idea ? >>> >>> Regards sven >>> >>> Has anybody else seen this problem or found a resolution? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Doug P > >-- >Mit freundlichen Gruessen >Best Regards >Robert Schetterer > >robert_at_schetterer_dot_org >Munich / Bavaria / Germany >https://www.schetterer.org >