samba - May 2010 - Samba PDC [3.5.3], Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, Temporary local profile for a specific user

L.S.,

I searched the internet and though there were lots of problems with 
profile, I haven't found a solution to my specific problem.

  - Samba server running on OpenSuse 11.1 with a ldap backend acting as PDC.
  - I have a new Windows 7 pro 64 bit client that has been added 
succesfully to the domain (with the required registry patches)

I do not want to use roaming profiles, so logon path is empty in smb.conf.

I can login to the win7 machine using an ordinary Domain User account, 
and a Domain Admin account and a local profile is created, like expected.

However if I want to login using MY account, which is a Domain admin 
account, I get a local temporary profile!! I don NOT get an error on the 
Windows 7 machine. (Not on screen, not in the event log).

I went as far as reinstalling the Win7 machine, making sure that no 
reference to the user name of my account is made, so there is NO local 
user with my login name.
Still this happens.

I still am convinced that it has to do something with the settings of my 
ACCOUNT on the server, but I can't find out how or where.

I made sure that the sambaHomePath, sambaHomeDir and sambaProfilePath in 
my LDAP account is empty. I compared my LDAP settings with the 
DomainAdmin account that is working, but to no avail.

Does anyone have any idea how to debug this?

Thanks!

Regards,

Tom

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Tom Reijnders
TOR Informatica
Chopinlaan 27
5242HM Rosmalen
Tel: 073 5226191
Fax: 073 5226196

I managed to solve this one...

I restarted my internet search, but now NOT assuming it was a Samba 
problem, but a Windows 7 specific problem:

The solution is provided here:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/50ccd066-77d6-45a7-97aa-061a9fc1287c

And indeed, my account was a member of the Domain Guests!

Tom

Op 24-5-2010 15:25, Tom Reijnders schreef:
> L.S.,
>
> I searched the internet and though there were lots of problems with 
> profile, I haven't found a solution to my specific problem.
>
>  - Samba server running on OpenSuse 11.1 with a ldap backend acting as 
> PDC.
>  - I have a new Windows 7 pro 64 bit client that has been added 
> succesfully to the domain (with the required registry patches)
>
> I do not want to use roaming profiles, so logon path is empty in 
> smb.conf.
>
> I can login to the win7 machine using an ordinary Domain User account, 
> and a Domain Admin account and a local profile is created, like expected.
>
> However if I want to login using MY account, which is a Domain admin 
> account, I get a local temporary profile!! I don NOT get an error on 
> the Windows 7 machine. (Not on screen, not in the event log).
>
> I went as far as reinstalling the Win7 machine, making sure that no 
> reference to the user name of my account is made, so there is NO local 
> user with my login name.
> Still this happens.
>
> I still am convinced that it has to do something with the settings of 
> my ACCOUNT on the server, but I can't find out how or where.
>
> I made sure that the sambaHomePath, sambaHomeDir and sambaProfilePath 
> in my LDAP account is empty. I compared my LDAP settings with the 
> DomainAdmin account that is working, but to no avail.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to debug this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom
>
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Tom Reijnders
TOR Informatica
Chopinlaan 27
5242HM Rosmalen
Tel: 073 5226191
Fax: 073 5226196