[Samba] roaming profiles not being saved completely [was: NT4 roaming...]

[Gottfried Scheckenbach]

Hi,

somebody out there who solved this problem (reported at the end of this 
mail) without downgrading (I don't want to downgrade because of some 
fixes in 2.2.5)?

Server is:
Samba 2.5.5, kernel 2.4.16 "SuSE-Version", glibc 2.2.2
Samba has been compiled without any problems on the same system and 
Samba 2.2.1a worked fine on the same system (in regard of roaming profiles).

Clients are:
WinXP, Win2KSP2
As a try I installed all recent Win2K patches from MS - no change!

Only profile synchronisation is affected - copying the content of the 
profile manually to the profile share works perfectly...

And: I tested the same Samba binary-package on a older system (kernel 
2.2.18, glibc 2.2) - I can't reproduce the problem on this system!

Because of the new oplock code in kernel 2.4 I disabled oplocks (OPLOCKS 
= No), but this does not change anything. Other tested parameters:

[global]
         [snipped]
         logon script = %U.bat
         logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
         logon drive = h:
         [snipped]

[profiles]
         comment = Roaming Profiles
         path = /samba/profiles
         create mask = 0600
         directory mask = 2700
         read only = No
         browseable = Yes                   # no change
         nt acl support = No                # no change
         force unknown acl user = Yes       # no change
         inherit acls = Yes                 # no change
         inherit permissions = Yes          # no change
         oplocks = No                       # no change
         locking = No                       # no change

Any Ideas?

Regards,
Gottfried


Gavin Hamill schrieb:
>>Hi :) I'm working with Samba 2.2.5 (Debian unstable) and have been trying
> 
> to
> 
>>get roaming profiles working correctly.
> 
> 
> 
> Just for reference, I got this sorted. The fix? Downgrade to the standard
> Samba 2.2.3-a .deb's.
> 
> The price of live on the bleeding edge, I suppose :)
> 
> gdh
> 
> 
> 

Original posting was:


> Hi :) I'm working with Samba 2.2.5 (Debian unstable) and have been trying to
> get roaming profiles working correctly.
> 
> My test client is NT4 (SP5) which is able to log onto the domain correctly,
> however even if I do things like change the background colour, change
> registry entries, put stuff on the desktop, when I log off the account, only
> some of the profile is uploaded.
> 
> I say 'some' because the amount seems to vary! If I start with no directory
> /data/profiles/clive (clive is the test user) and log on.. make changes...
> log off, then it will create some folders like 'Application Data',
> 'History'... if I log on again, and log off.. it will create some more like
> 'Temporary Internet Files', 'Start Menu', 'Desktop'...
> 
> I repeat this process, and a few more folders appear each time - but they're
> always empty! NTUSER.DAT never gets uploaded, and the contents of the
> desktop / IE cache never gets synchronised! :/
> 
> My smb.conf is short so I'll reproduce it here verbatim.
> 

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