[samba3-alpha23] Brand new local profiles

[John H Terpstra]

On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Kristis Makris wrote:

I recommend that you read the new Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf file
available from:

	http://samba.org/~jht/NT4migration/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.pdf

If this does not answer your questions or help you to find a solution
please let me know.

Thanks.

- John T.

> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble getting local profiles created for brand new users
> logging in for the first time to a machine. I am running samba3-alpha23
> configured for LDAP authentication, trying to log in Windows2000
> Professional+SP3.
>
> I am having a problem similar to the one described here:
> http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba/2002-November/083979.html
> There is a workaround proposed in this thread, but it's definitely not
> the correct way to fix this problem. Something else must be wrong.
>
>
> When a user logs in for the first time to a machine I get the error
> message:
>
> "Windows cannot create profile directory \\filesrv\makris_k\profile.pds
> You will be logged on with a local profile only.  Changes to the profile
> will not be propagated to the server.  Contact your network
> administrator."
>
> I press the OK button on the error.  Then this error window pops up:
>
> "Windows cannot find the local profile and is logging you on with a
> temporary profile.  Changes you make to this profile will be lost when
> you log out."
>
> I then press OK and get the default Windows 2000 desktop like the first
> time a user logs in, and I can see a C:\Documents and Settings\TEMP
> directory created, that is automatically removed when the user logs out.
>
>
> I have properly joined the machine to the new Samba domain, and do not
> get the error message on login if a profilePath entry is set in LDAP for
> the user trying to login. In that case, if the profilePath entry points
> to a valid empty directory
> (e.g.\\filesrv\makris_k\.WindowsProfile.empty), a new roaming profile is
> created, than can then be switched into a local one.
>
> I also noticed that there was no response ever to this:
> http://lists.samba.org/pipermail/samba-technical/2003-February/042484.html
> ...which was quite recently.
>
>
> When I try to login, I see the following in the log file for the
> particular machine:
>
>
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:30, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(841)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) couldn't find service makris_k
> [2003/04/23 15:17:37, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(689)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) connect to service netlogon initially as
> user makris_k (uid=5030, gid=5000) (pid 6384)
> [2003/04/23 15:17:37, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(870)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) closed connection to service netlogon
> [2003/04/23 15:17:41, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(689)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) connect to service netlogon initially as
> user makris_k (uid=5030, gid=5000) (pid 6384)
> [2003/04/23 15:17:52, 1] smbd/service.c:close_cnum(870)
>   hotel-win (192.168.10.190) closed connection to service netlogon
>
>
> Could this be a bug ? Can anyone verify the login behaviour described
> above ?
>
> Thanks,
> Kristis
>
>

-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org