[Samba] Weird samba pdc problem.

[Donny Brooks]

Thanks for the input. Before I received this reply I did a little 
further testing and do believe I got it working right. I ended up having 
to remove the machine from the domain, remove the local copy of the 
users profile on the machine, readd the machine to the domain, and have 
the user re-login to pull his profile across. I had to reboot between 
each step just to make sure settings stuck. He was able to successfully 
login and pull his profile from the new machine last night and we will 
see how it does today. Thanks again for the assistance.

Donny B.

On 7/21/2010 1:13 AM, Daniel Müller wrote:
> Hello,
> I had a problem similar to yours.
> Did you join the machine to the new domaine?
> If it is a xp client klick windows+R, type : control keymgrl.dll.
> Purge all entries.
> This should help a bit.
>
> Greetings
>
>
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> Von: samba-bounces at lists.samba.org [mailto:samba-bounces at lists.samba.org] Im
> Auftrag von Donny Brooks
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 20. Juli 2010 17:05
> An: samba at lists.samba.org
> Betreff: [Samba] Weird samba pdc problem.
>
> Hello,
>
>        We have been running a samba pdc with LDAP backend setup here at
> work since "before my time" (a few years now). Recently it has became
> necessary to move a handful of users to their own server for shares,
> profiles, and such to reduce the load on the primary server. Of these
> users, all moved just fine with the exception of one user.
>
> All the users that were moved are using windows xp. I updated all their
> profile paths in ldap, removed their logon scripts from the primary
> machine, edited the logon scripts on the new machine to point to the
> proper machine and share, and even ran the unix2dos on the logon scripts
> for good measure. I even compared the non-working persons ldap entry to
> one of the working ones and they are identical expect the name and
> personal stuff. So here it is a week later and 3 of the 4 users are
> pulling their profiles, my documents, and shares from the new server
> with little intervention on my part. It is that last one that has me
> stumped. His machine refuses to pull his profile from the new machine
> and won't pull his my documents (we redirect them as the R: drive).
> Instead it tries to pull form the old machine and sees there is no
> profile so instead loads the local copy instead. I have removed the
> logon script, removed the folders for his profile and such and restarted
> the samba and ldap service about a dozen times to no avail. I even made
> sure his machine was powered completely down to ensure it isn't just
> hibernating and keeping settings in memory.
>
> I am at a loss why this one user is giving me such issues. And of course
> it would be the head of the section I am doing the server for. Any help
> or pointers would be much appreciated.
>
> Donny B.
>