Samba and Vista profile probs
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From: Jean-Jacques Moulis on 18 Apr 2008 11:20 CB> Hi all, I've got some problems with vista sp1 + samba 3.0.28a CB> vista will not save the profiles nor load them. ! CB> I'm all familiar with the .V2 thing. CB> vista however does create the "profilename.V2" directory, but does not CB> populate it with the data CB> Xp machines work like a charm however. CB> profiles path's are: \\<server>\profiles\testuser CB> so the problem with the .V2 part is not share related, coz they are a CB> dir in a share. CB> we do get logged in with a temp profile. so authentication works (little CB> slow do...) CB> do i need to alter the vista policy's or something ?? CB> if i browse manually to the profile share, i will be able to create dirs CB> and files define those keys on clients: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] "WaitForNetwork"=dword:00000000 "CompatibleRUPSecurity"=dword:00000001 If you remove %USERPROFILE% (C:\users\john) for an user this user will be subsequently logged in with a temporary profile unless HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\SID of user is also removed. Unfortunatly Vista doesn't obey Netlogon\NTConfig.pol. you have to apply policies with other methods. -- Jean-Jacques Moulis Tel: (013) 281684 ISY Fax: (013) 139282 Link�ping University E-mail: jj(a)isy.liu.se 581 83 Link�ping -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
From: Charles Marcus on 18 Apr 2008 16:50 On 4/18/2008, Andrea Venturoli (ml(a)netfence.it) wrote: > > I have \\PDC\username as home dir and \\PDF\username\profile[.V2] > there. Not a good idea... MS says you are asking for trouble if you put the profile inside the user home ... Profiles shoudl be in etheir own, separate share... -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
From: John Drescher on 18 Apr 2008 17:20 > Not a good idea... > > MS says you are asking for trouble if you put the profile inside the user > home ... > I have seen that however we have had it that way with samba for at least 6 years without a single problem. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
From: Charles Marcus on 18 Apr 2008 18:10 On 4/18/2008 5:12 PM, John Drescher wrote: >> Not a good idea... >> >> MS says you are asking for trouble if you put the profile inside >> the user home ... > I have seen that however we have had it that way with samba for at > least 6 years without a single problem. Hopefully you're knocking on wood right now... The way I see it, no sense in living dangerously... its not like its hard to use a separate share... But its a free world, no? :) -- Best regards, Charles -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
From: John Drescher on 18 Apr 2008 19:50
> Hopefully you're knocking on wood right now... > No. I am not at all worried. John -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba |