[Samba] Folder Redirection with NT4 Domains
John H Terpstra
jht at samba.org
Tue Dec 16 00:18:26 GMT 2003
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Kristyan Osborne wrote:
> Hi John,
> I'll try and get some documentation written on how to use regedit32 to
> modify the default user profile. This is basically changing the default
> registry every user gets the first time they logon to the network. I'll
> put a bit of background info on the network and how we use shares for
> storing stuff. Another neat trick (which I will also document) is how we
> have changed the default saving/opening location for programs such as
> Word and Excel etc. this has been extremly helpful.
>
> I'll get back to you soon.
You are a gem!
I'd like to save you from wasting your time though, so please check out
the PDF of the book I am currently working on. I must ask you to keep this
confidential as it is being written under contract to Prentice Hall
publishing. Chapter 6 is the magic place in which this stuff is being
documented. I very much appreciate your input and feedback.
My motivation in documenting this is to help make Samba a more deployable
product and to help get users over the installation hurdles.
The URL is:
http://samba.org/~jht/DeBook
Look for the latest version of Samba-Guide-200312xx.pdf.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
John T.
>
> Cheers
> -----
> Kristyan Osborne - IT Technician
> Longhill High School
> 01273 391672
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John H Terpstra [mailto:jht at samba.org]
> Sent: Mon 15/12/2003 00:24
> To: Kristyan Osborne
> Cc: samba at samba.org
> Subject: RE: [Samba] Folder Redirection with NT4 Domains
>
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2003, Kristyan Osborne wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > The changes would be done on the network copy of the Default User
> > directory under the netlogon share, rather than per machine. This is the
> > method we have adopted. You could Kixtart to modify the registry on
> > login for that user.
>
> Please would you provide a little more information on how you did this for
> the default user. I'm sure others would value that tidbit.
>
> How much work have you done with KixStart? What has been your experience?
>
> Cheers,
> John T.
>
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > -----
> > Kristyan Osborne - IT Technician
> > Longhill High School
> > 01273 391672
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John H Terpstra [mailto:jht at samba.org]
> > Sent: Sun 14/12/2003 16:31
> > To: Kristyan Osborne
> > Cc: samba at samba.org
> > Subject: RE: [Samba] Folder Redirection with NT4 Domains
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Kristyan Osborne wrote:
> >
> > > Hiya,
> > > Redirecting My Documnets isn't a tricky one. Just right click ->
> > > properties and change the target location. This is automatically done in
> > > our network by changing the location in the default profile. This is
> > > then applied to every user when they first logon. Do you mean Local
> > > Settings or the Application Data folder. The Applications Data folder is
> > > part of the profile anyway. I cant see why you would want to copy the
> > > Local Settings directory with your profile.
> >
> > Got that bit. Changing the default profile is the obvious answer but not
> > what some admins want. The objection I have run into is that this requires
> > per machine changes and for a large shop this is labour intensive.
> >
> > On Win2Kx ADS this can be done through a GPO (group policy object). With
> > Samba the technique has to change a little to get around the lack of ADS
> > GPO support.
> >
> > Seems that with Win2kx/XPP the use of '.reg' files does not work for other
> > than limited local machine changes only. The result is that running from
> > the login script:
> > regedt32 /S fixup.reg
> > where 'fixup.reg' contains the hive changes necessary largely does not
> > work for changes other than to HKLM (HIVE_KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE). I am
> > searching for insight into how other admins affect profile management
> > (particularly for folder redirection) in the absence of GPOs.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John T.
> >
> > >
> > > Hope that helps
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > -----
> > > Kristyan Osborne - IT Technician
> > > Longhill High School
> > > 01273 391672
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: samba-bounces+kris=longhill.brighton-hove.sch.uk at lists.samba.org on behalf of John H Terpstra
> > > Sent: Sun 14/12/2003 00:44
> > > To: samba at samba.org
> > > Cc:
> > > Subject: [Samba] Folder Redirection with NT4 Domains
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'd like to hear off-list from anyone who is currently successfully using
> > > folder redirection with an NT4 domain controller.
> > >
> > > If you are doing this, please would help me to understand your secret.
> > > There are two ways I know of that should work, however I have received
> > > feedback from separate sources that claim problems with both of these
> > > methods.
> > >
> > > I would like to include in the new book "Samba-3 by Example" a detailed
> > > presentation of how to reliably affect redirection of the "My Documents"
> > > and "Local Applications" profile resources to a network share.
> > >
> > > If you know of any site that is doing this reliably please let me know so
> > > that it can be documented for the benefit of all. The new book will be
> > > part of the Samba-3 CVS official documentation.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > cheers,
> > > John T.
> > > --
> > > John H Terpstra
> > > Email: jht at samba.org
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> >
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