[Samba] Queries on samba with roaming profiles

[Hardi Gunawan]

Yes, I do have logon path and a profiles share, with it set writable.  In 
fact, when I add a IE favorite, it is roaming (when I login to another 
desktop, the favorites are mine).

I got to correct my previous statement.  Outlook didn't create the personal 
folder file in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\ ......
It is "looking" for the personal folder in that directory and it is nowhere to 
be found.

So my steps are:
1) login into wks1 for the first time with username1 and setup outlook 2000 
(never ask where to put the personal folder files).  And I add a Favorite 
just for testing whether roaming profiles is working

2) logout from wks1 and login into wks2 for the first time with username1

3) Open up Outlook in wks2, and the error of not finding the personal 
folder.pst file in c:\documents and settings\username\Local Settings\....
appears.  But IE's favorite is there.  So I guess the roaming profiles works?

4) logout from wks2 and login into wks1 again, but with username2

5) I can see c:\documents and settings\username1 and username2.  But I can't 
open username1 directory (that's a relief!).  But I was wondering why does 
the folder even be there?  I thought it would be removed once the user 
logout?  Does that mean the roaming profiles doesn't work?

:) This is getting confusing....

On Monday 20 May 2002 6:07 am, Neil Muller wrote:
> Have you got a "login path" entry in your smb.conf? For w2k it seems you
> need login path and a profiles share in smb.conf. I also had to make the
> directory named in my profiles section writeable by all. The entries in my
> smb.conf file are:
>
> [global]
> .
> .
>   logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U
> .
> .
> [profiles]
>   path = /usr/local/samba/profiles
>   read only = no
>   create mask = 0600
>   directory mask = 0766
>   browseable = yes
>
>
>
> Neil
>
> Quoting Hardi Gunawan <hardigunawan at inbox.lv>:
> > I've some queries on Samba, hope that someone in the mailing list can
> > help me
> >
> > :)
> >
> > 1) I've Samba PDC with W2k workstation (w2kwks).  When I login into
> > w2kwks, it
> > created a folder with my username in C:\Documents and Settings directory
> >
> > (which I think is the roaming profile directory?)
> >
> > 2) When I configure Outlook 2000 on the w2kwks (for imap), it
> > automatically
> > create a Personal Folder in C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local
> > Settings.  But seems that the Local Settings directory is not roaming
> > (even
> > though it's inside the c:\Documents and Settings\username directory)?
> >
> > 3) When I logout and login as another user, I can see the previous
> > user's
> > folder in C:\Documents and Settings (I can't open it though).  Is this
> >
> > normal?  I thought it should get deleted when the user logout?
> >
> > There must be something wrong with the way I setup Samba PDC...... :(
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
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