similar to: location of roaming profile

Why is it more secure to create a separate share for storing user profiles? I've tested using: [global] logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U [profiles] path = /var/lib/samba/profiles And this works fine. But, why not just put the profile in the home directory? I can see that a user might save a file on the desktop and then not be able to find it. When I previously used roaming profiles on a

Hi list, I'm trying to migrate from a workgroup based Samba server to a domain based Samba server. I need the following features - Roaming profiles - LDAP based user administration / authentication I think the LDAP part is mostly doable, though I do foresee some hair tearing, but my main concern is with the roaming profiles. Users do not have a fixed workstation and log-on to whichever

I'm mulling over the idea of replacing my Win 2k MS AD using Samba. But I'd like to retain roaming profile capability for all my users. Based on your experience is it stable enough to implement for a production environment? I have only 30 using Win 2k Pro and some XP. What are the pit falls I need to look out for? Thank you! Joe

Hello All, I have a problem with my roaming profiles where they are becoming too large due to the Thunderbird mail accounts (stored by default) in Application Data. What I would like to do is exclude this directory from being part of the roaming profile. How can I do this? Also, how hard is it to have some users not use a roaming profile but others continuing to use a roaming profile? We

Hi all. I've just installed samba-3.0.1-rc1 as a PDC and I can add computers ( win2k ) to the domain, but when users log on, they get an error: ... windows cannot locate your roaming profile ... or words to that effect. My smb.conf is: # Global parameters [global] workgroup = NUS server string = Samba Server %v bind interfaces only = true interfaces =

Hello, I have a Samba 3.0.2a PDC that I have joined server Windows XP machines to. Joining the domain was painfully enough, but now I am having problems with roaming profiles. We initially thought the problem was intermittent, but we finally figured out that if the same user logs in again and again the roaming profile is found and login proceeds normally. When a second user attempts to

Hello list, I am facing an issue which I cannot explain myself. The roaming profiles don't work for users that are members of the group "Domain Admins". The [profiles] share on the member server was configured exactly as explained on the wiki for roaming profiles. It works like a charm for all domain users, *BUT*: if a user is member of the group "Domain Admins" it

Hi, are there any know problems with f-secure scanner and roaming profiles? We have a lot of users with problems syncing their roaming profile from the domain server. It seems to be a problem with f-secure's on-access scanning (may be timeout problem?). Some users have to login three or four times, before getting their roaming profile and not the default profile. System: 3.0.24-6etch9

I've just edited smb.conf to make it a PDC on my SuSE 9.1 machine. I can add other machines to the domain but when I try to log on, I get the message "Windows cannot locate your roaming profile...blah blah" My config file is below. # smb.conf is the main Samba configuration file. You find a full commented # version at /usr/share/doc/packages/samba/examples/smb.conf.SuSE # Date:

> > --- Original message --- > Subject: [Samba] Fwd: how to "Disable Samba Roaming profile" > From: Muqtadir Kamal <smkamal2001 at gmail.com> > To: <samba at lists.samba.org> > Date: Thursday, 10/06/2010 10:31 PM > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muqtadir Kamal <smkamal2001 at gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:49

Debian stable: Samba -3.0.24-6etch2 I set up a samba server as a pdc. smb.conf logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U logon home = \\%L\%U [profiles] comment = Network PRofiles Share path = /home/samba/profiles #read only = No #store dos attributes = Yes #create mask = 0600 #directory mask = 0700 #browseable = no #guest ok = no #printable = no writable = yes I created the folders /home/samba

Recent list messages got me thinking... Is there a way to support both local and roaming profile with one server / domain? As I understand it, the "magic" line that tells Samba not to do roaming profiles is the smb.conf line: logon path = Which the line must exist, and must be set to null. But that is in the global section. So is there a way to support both local and roaming...

ok.. at first i thought this is nice but i seem (still) don't know how to control things so i decided not to use roaming profiles... i disabled it and some of the workstations is now using their local profiles (winNT and winXP) but i have still problems with windows 2000 ... it kept on contacting the server for the profile.. i can't find how to disable the roaming profile in win2k i

I have this problem... I am working on implimenting a school network. I have two kinds of users on my network: students and facutly. I have also two types of operating system on my network: win 98 and win XPP. Here is the rights and privilages I am thinking about giving my users Students (usage only in computer labs): - limited roaming profile (basically, deny desktop roaming profile) - give

Hi, we are using samba 3.0.10-17 with openlddap 2.2.6-37.22 as backend. We use roaming profiles, but because of problems with different operating systems and the profile size, we want to use locale profiles. I tried to change logon path in smb.conf in an emty string, but no changes, if I delete this entry in smb.conf, samba use a default value and this is on the server. So I tried to change

> >> I've connected a Windows 7 client and logged in with a roaming profile >> user, copied some 4GB of data in the profile and logged out. Surely enough, >> the data was synchronized but when I login and logout again, the profile >> gets copied on the samba server in full versus just the modified data. > >> For instance, if the profile on the server has 4GB

Hello, fresh installed Samba 3.024 o Debian system as PDC with roaming profiles. Vista only creates user.V2 in [profiles] but not copy profile after logoff. Directory is writable and XP works good. Any ideas? Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Vista-won%27t-copy-roaming-profile-to-server-tp21910084p21910084.html Sent from the Samba - General mailing list archive at

Hi guys, How are you ? I've installed samba-3.0.7 from source on a Slackware Linux 10.0 server configured with "--with-ldap" as a backend (OpenLDAP-2.2.13) and with nss_ldap installed. I have my profiles share configured as follows: [profiles] comment = Profile Share path = /data/profiles writeable = yes guest ok = yes browseable = no profile acls = yes csc policy = disable

I have a strange issue with roaming profiles. It only happens for users which has no roaming profile on a Samba server yet. When a user logs out for the first time, some files can't be copied from: C:\Documents and Settings\username\SendTo\ to a profiles directory on the server. (Files like 31/2Floppy(A).lnk, some *.tmp files etc.). Only very rarely, a first-time logout process happens

I've got a WinXP machine that was configured for local profiles. I have now joined that machine to the domain, but when I try to log in as a user, it tries to use a roaming profile. Fine, that's what I want anyway. But it doesn't do the smart thing and copy the user's local profile to roaming -- it gives an error instead. OK, no problem, I will change the type. I log in as