[Samba] Problems with XP clients and profiles
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zb-lists at brightlinecompliance.com
Mon Jan 2 22:44:03 GMT 2006
Is pbedit a part of Samba or Windows? I'm not finding the command on the
CentOS server or on an XP client...
ZB
Karl Banasky wrote:
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> I thought this had to do with the machine and user ID number (SID)
> related to the Domain server. If you do a "pdbedit -Lv -u username" you
> will see the SID numbers for that user. I would check and see that the
> first set of numbers related to the domain or workgroup (I think) match.
> I ran in to a similar problem before and I thought that is what I read
> was my problem.
> Hard subject to research if I remember correctly.
> Karl-
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>> Martin Miethe wrote:
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>>>> However, the problem arises when I try to get the existing clients
>>>> setup for the new domain. I'm able to join the domain without a
>>>> problem. However, when I reboot and try to login via a samba
>>>> username / password (we're using a first initial-last name
>>>> convention), Windows creates a new profile in C:
>>>> \Documents and Settings\username.NEWDOMAIN, while all of the
>>>> original data is in C:\Documents and Settings\username, and is
>>>> essentially gone as far as the users are concerned.
>>>
>>>
>>> Try this:
>>> 1) create a new account with admin rights (maybe administrator 2)
>>> 2) go to "local users and groups" -> right click on Administrators
>>> -> Add to Group -> Add... -> Location -> select your local computer
>>> name;
>>> enter the account name from 1) in the white box (administrator2)
>>> 3) restart!
>>> 4) go to the icon "my computer" -> righ click -> properties ->
>>> advanced -> user profiles -> settings
>>> from here copy the content from the local profile (username) to the
>>> DOMAIN.username profile;
>>> before you click OK, change the "permitted to use" to everyone (type
>>> Everyone in the whitebox)
>>> 5) click ok and wait ... you can delete the new administrator2 account
>>>
>>> regards,
>>
>>
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