Ok, I got the W2K3 resource kit tool to move my local profile to my domain profile (moveuser.exe). Didn't really work that cleanly. Even though I used the /k (keep the local account), it didn't really. It seemed to change the permissions on MOST of the files. It didn't really move the files either. It's just pointed my profile (or parts of it) to the existing folder. Can't really go back now. It didn't do My Documents and lower. I had to log out, log is as domain administrator, and take ownership of those files. Even then, it lost some of my passwords (which is ok with me). Does anyone have a nice CLEAN way to migrate the local profile to a domain profile? (something automated, perhaps...) How about using the right click on My computer on the desktop, advanced tab, User Profiles button, and copy to. Has anyone tried that? I supposed I'll need to re-image my machine and try it... Dennis
Dennis McLeod wrote:> Ok, I got the W2K3 resource kit tool to move my local profile to my domain > profile (moveuser.exe). Didn't really work that cleanly. > Even though I used the /k (keep the local account), it didn't really. It > seemed to change the permissions on MOST of the files. > It didn't really move the files either. It's just pointed my profile (or > parts of it) to the existing folder. Can't really go back now. > It didn't do My Documents and lower. > I had to log out, log is as domain administrator, and take ownership of > those files. > Even then, it lost some of my passwords (which is ok with me). > Does anyone have a nice CLEAN way to migrate the local profile to a domain > profile? > (something automated, perhaps...) > How about using the right click on My computer on the desktop, advanced tab, > User Profiles button, and copy to. > Has anyone tried that? > I supposed I'll need to re-image my machine and try it... > Dennis >When you log into a domain that allows roaming profiles, your profile gets copied to the server. There isn't really a need for much more than patience because it can take a long while, depending on the size of your "My Documents". If you have the profiles on another server, I've been able to copy them without anything strange happening. Just make sure that "profile acls = yes" is set in your smb.conf and all the other smb.conf settings for roaming profiles are correct.
So far I haven't found an automated way. I just log in to the domain as the user, which creates the roaming profile on the network. Then log out, log in to the local machine as admin and copy the contents of My Documents, Desktop and Application Data (all from Documents and Settings/<username>) from the local profile to the roaming profile. Then log back in to the domain as the user and all the desktop icons and user settings should be there. Just remember to delete the local profile to avoid confusion. *Jason Baker */IT Coordinator/ *Glastender Inc.* 5400 North Michigan Road Saginaw, Michigan 48604 USA 800.748.0423 Phone: 989.752.4275 ext. 228 Fax: 989.752.4444 www.glastender.com <http://www.glastender.com> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT$ d- s: a C++$ LU+++$ P+ L++>L++++ !E--- W+++ N o? K? w !O M !V PS PE- Y? PGP- t 5? X+ R+ tv+ b- DI-- D++ G e+ h--- r+++ y+++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ On 3/14/2007 6:57 PM, Dennis McLeod wrote:> Ok, I got the W2K3 resource kit tool to move my local profile to my domain > profile (moveuser.exe). Didn't really work that cleanly. > Even though I used the /k (keep the local account), it didn't really. It > seemed to change the permissions on MOST of the files. > It didn't really move the files either. It's just pointed my profile (or > parts of it) to the existing folder. Can't really go back now. > It didn't do My Documents and lower. > I had to log out, log is as domain administrator, and take ownership of > those files. > Even then, it lost some of my passwords (which is ok with me). > Does anyone have a nice CLEAN way to migrate the local profile to a domain > profile? > (something automated, perhaps...) > How about using the right click on My computer on the desktop, advanced tab, > User Profiles button, and copy to. > Has anyone tried that? > I supposed I'll need to re-image my machine and try it... > Dennis > >