Win2k Roaming Profiles problems under NTFS

[Todd Pfaff]

oh, that's a different problem.  are you using this new smb.conf setting?

nt acl support =3D no

this is necessary on your profiles share.  see the source document:

samba-2.2.2/docs/README.Win2kSP2


On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, OenusTech wrote:

> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 20:34:58 +0100 (CET)
> From: OenusTech <oenustech at oenus.com>
> To: pfaff at edge.cis.mcmaster.ca
> Subject: Re: Win2k Roaming Profiles problems under NTFS
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> Thanks for your info.
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> Unfortunately it keeps doing that... :(
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> It=B4s kind of curious, =B4cause the delete profiles behavior funtions he=
re
> very well with either registry settings, but only on FAT32 filesystem-bas=
ed
> Win2k=B4s. On NTFS filesystem it doesn=B4t. Are your systems running unde=
r NTFS
> filesystems?
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> TFYH,
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> Ignasi
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> Todd Pfaff dijo:
> > Ignasi,
> >
> > You mention that you set DeleteRoamingCache in the registry.
> >
> > I was also having this problem with Windows 2000, even with Service
> > Pack 2 installed, until I realized that DeleteRoamingCache is in
> > different locations in WinNT and Win2000.
> >
> > WinNT...
> > \Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
> >  DeleteRoamingCache =3D REG_DWORD 0x1
> >
> > Win2000...
> > \Registry\Machine\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System
> >  DeleteRoamingCache =3D REG_DWORD 0x1
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Noel Kelly wrote:
> >
> >> This behaviour sounds like Windoze 2000 Workstation WITHOUT Service
> >> Pack 1 or 2 installed.  There is a bug in Win2000 whereby the
> >> NTUSER.DAT file is not released by the OS until a reboot is performed.
> >>  Hence the reason you cannot delete the profiles from the workstation
> >> and hence the reason the profile never gets copied to the server.
> >>
> >> We had huge trouble with this for about six months - people had tens
> >> of profiles on their machines .001, .002 etc.  We blamed Novell and
> >> their client but then, surprise, surprise, it was M$ as per normal.
> >> What a monumental waste of time.
> >>
> >> Load the service pack and profiles will copy successfully.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Noel
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:30:20 +0100 (CET)
> >>
> >> Subject: Win2k Roaming Profiles problems under NTFS
> >>
> >> From: "OenusTech" <oenustech at oenus.com>
> >>
> >> To: <samba-ntdom at lists.samba.org>, <samba at lists.samba.org>
> >>
> >> Hi there!
> >>
> >> I have a Samba 2.2.2 PDC on linux 2.4.13 with ACL (acl.bestbits.at)
> >> support
> >>
> >> installed. There seems to be a problem with Roaming Profiles. Win2k
> >> with
> >>
> >> local NTFS filesystem will never delete roaming profiles (yes, I have
> >>
> >> regedited the DeleteRoamingCache to 1). In fact, any time TheUser logs
> >> back
> >>
> >> in, a new folder named TheUser.OURDOMAIN.??? (where ? is an integer)
> >> will
> >>
> >> be created, duplicating the files never erased before. That DOESN=B4T
> >> happen
> >>
> >> if the Win2k client has a FAT32 filesystem (user/group permissions do
> >> not
> >>
> >> exist), so I assumed it might be a permissions problem (in fact, I,
> >>
> >> Administrator, cannot delete these profiles unless I waste 10 minutes
> >>
> >> changing the set-by-the-system permissions for those profiles). At the
> >>
> >> begining, I thought that might a problem for not having ACL support in
> >> the
> >>
> >> server, for not being able to save the original profile=B4s permission=
s
> >> as
> >>
> >> created by Win2k the first time, but now I do have it, ACL works
> >> perfect,
> >>
> >> but this odd behavior continues.
> >>
> >> Has anyone else here experienced this? Does anyone know of a solution?
> >>
> >> TIA,
> >>
> >> Ignasi Garcia
> >>
> >>
> >>
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