Disabling roaming profiles

Gerald (Jerry) Carter jerry at samba.org
Tue Nov 13 13:52:55 GMT 2001


On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Shanker Balan wrote:

> Hello:
>
> <FAQ>
>
> Q. How do i disable roaming profiles for users?
>
> A. Roaming profiles can be disabled on the Samba server by leaving the
> following two options undefined in your smb.conf. Do not comment them
> out entirely, instead just leave them unassigned.
>
> 	# logon path = \\%N\%U\profile
> 	# logon home = \\%N\%U
> 	logon path =
> 	logon home =
>
> Only local profiles will now be maintained for users. (Under NT 4.x, you
> can verify this by viewing the "User Profiles" tab under "System
> Properties". If you try changing the profile type, you should find only
> "Local Profile" listed)

IIRC, only the "logon path = "" " is necessary (not logon home).
Can you verify this?  Let me know and I will add it into the
Samba-PDC-HOWTO.











cheers, jerry
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