[Samba] User settings after migration

Felipe Augusto van de Wiel felipe at paranacidade.org.br
Mon Sep 11 13:33:45 GMT 2006


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On 09/07/2006 04:29 AM, Phil Dawson escreveu:
> Hi All,
> 
> We have an NT4 machine which is our PDC.  I'm looking to replace this with 
> one of our linux servers.  I joined the linux server to the domain ok. 
> Then I vampired all the accounts across which worked ok.  I then switched 
> off NT PDC, made samba the master and start samba service.  Problem is we 
> are loosing all our settings.  After a quick hunt around I noticed a new 
> profiles directory was created on my machine.
> 
> To elaborate:
> 
> Say we have a domain called MORGAN and a user called jbarnes: when using 
> the NT4 PDC he had a directory under Documents and Settings called 
> jbarnes.  When he logged on to the linux PDC a new folder was created 
> called jbarnes.MORGAN.
> 
> Users loose all their settings  :(
> 
> Can we make windows use the same profiles directory after migration?
> Why is windows creating a new profile folder?

	Profiles are not as simple as we would like. :)

	Did you try to follow the Profile Migration steps in the
Samba Official HOWTO?

http://us4.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ProfileMgmt.html#id2665354


> Thanks in advance.
> Phil.

	I hope this helps. Kind regards,

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Felipe Augusto van de Wiel <felipe at paranacidade.org.br>
Coordenadoria de Tecnologia da Informação (CTI) - SEDU/PARANACIDADE
http://www.paranacidade.org.br/           Phone: (+55 41 3350 3300)
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