[Samba] Roaming profiles problem - loading failure

[Hall, Ken (ECSS)]

I've been seeing this too.  They seem to be getting around it by deleting the current profile and letting Windows re-save it, but we've held off migrating any more users with roaming profiles till we
figure out exactly what's going on.

If anyone finds out anything about this, I'd be very interested.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Gaffney [mailto:agaffney at locutus2.yi.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:49 AM
> To: Peter Polkinghorne
> Cc: Samba
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Roaming profiles problem - loading failure
> 
> 
> I have been having this same problem. There is nothing in 2.2.6 that 
> fixes it. I still have no idea what's causing it.
> 
> Peter Polkinghorne wrote:
> > I have a samba 2.2.4 PDC which acts as the repository of 
> roaming profiles.
> > Just recently some of our users have experienced failure to 
> load roaming 
> > profiles.  The clients are on a pair of Windows 2000 
> terminal servers.
> > The failure does not seem to be confined to one server and 
> only affects some 
> > people.
> > 
> > The error given takes place during the loading profile stage:
> > 
> > Windows can not copy:
> > \\Samba server\profiles\aaa\Application 
> Data\Microsoft\Outlook\FAVF.tmp to
> > C:\Documents and Settings\aaa.KINGSFORDS\Application 
> > Data\Microsoft\Outlook\FAVF.tmp
> > 
> > DETAIL - Access is denied
> > 
> > Then it says: Windows could not load the profile and is 
> logging you on with a 
> > temporary profile.
> > 
> > My profiles part of smb.conf is:
> > 
> > # Profiles
> > [profiles]
> >         path = /home/ntprofile
> >         writeable = yes
> >         create mask = 0600
> >         directory mask = 0700
> >         nt acl support = no
> >         csc policy = disable
> > 
> > ... the last 2 lines being added during the day, but with no effect.
> > 
> > I have checked the source file and apart from being 0 
> length it looks perfectly 
> > accessible.
> > 
> > Anyone else seen this? Or any hints as to what to do?
> > 
> > I am contemplating upgrading to 2.2.6 - but the WHATSNEW 
> gives no hint that this 
> > might be a fixed problem.  Of course it might be a problem 
> with the Windows 2000 
> > servers - not sure what SP level we are at - Windows manager away.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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