[Samba] NT roaming profiles unable to be updated

[Kyle Loree]

please post your smb.conf file and let use know where your profiles are
stored.


greg.hobson at pertech.com.au writes:
>We have recently upgraded from Samba 2.0.4 to 2.2.7 on our test machine
>with a view to using W2K and WXp clients. We are using Samba on Solaris
>7 version of Unix. Our client PC's are all NT 4, SP5. We have a default
>profile for users who login and load the major application (they don't
>see any of the NT desktop or have access to the Start button). Other
>users who have access to the desktop have their own profile in the
>ntconfig.pol file.
>
>Everything was as it should be with Samba 2.0.4. Users could save their
>mapped drives, run server and local applications. 
>
>With Samba 2.2.7, the users can login, however, their previously stored
>mappings are no longer available. When they go to map a drive (say, thru
>Windows Explorer), they receive a NT message box 'Cannot change your
>save connection settings'. They can map to the drive during their
>current session, however, (as the message says) the setting are lost on
>subsequent logon sessions. Those users who loaded and ran the major
>application after logging on, now go straight to the desktop.
>
>We have set the permissions on the ../home/<user_home> to 777 (their
>profile is stored in here), but this has made no difference.
>
>We have created a new ntconfig.pol file (all default options), this has
>made no difference.
>
>I do not want to stay at Samba 2.0.4, I need to upgrade to 2.2.7. 
>
>We have searched thru various forums for possible solutions, but have
>found none. This is my first posting to this group, which i am hoping
>can point me in the correct direction to resolve this challenge.
> 
>I feel like the sailor with one foot on the boat and the other on the
>jetty and unsure which way to jump.
>
>TIA
>
>Greg Hobson
>
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Kyle Loree
Rendek Communications
Kyle at caisnet.com