[Samba] Migrating Profiles: Revisited

[Dan Gapinski]

Did you copy using File Manager or Windows 2000 Profile Manager? The latter
seems to work far better, aside from the aforementioned snags. I used the
former and had to do it all over.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Williams" <jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com>
To: "Dan Gapinski" <DanGapinski at qsi-r2.com>
Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Samba] Migrating Profiles: Revisited


> That almost works. I ran into a few different things, but it almost works.
>
> Basically, this is what I did;
>
> 1) Joined the computer to the domain with the correct account
> 2) logged into the domain with the user (this created the initial profile
> on the local machine)
> 3) logged back into the machine with the local administrator account (did
> not log into the domain)
> 4) verified the new profile was local, which it was
> 5) navigated to c:\documents and settings (all machines are Windows 2000)
> 6) in there, there were two profiles: testuser and testuser.PDCSERVER
> (.PDCSERVER was the newly created profile when the user first logs into
the
> domain)
> 7) I copied all the contents of testuser folder into the
testuser.PDCSERVER
> folder
>
> When I logged back in, it seemed like it was working, but ran into a few
snags.
>
> 1) The background image did not copy over
> 2) It wanted me to re-establish my network connection
>
> I'm not exactly sure why it did that, but it does.
>
> Seems like a lot of work to make sure my users are using local profiles.
> You would think there would be a easier way to do this.
> Is there another way to do this, or is this the only way?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jason
>
> At 03:39 PM 5/29/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> >I was in the same boat as you , and found an easy way to do this. So long
as
> >you have a PDC that resists roaming profiles, it should go like this:
> >     1) Join the computer and log on with the domain account.
> >     2) Log off the domain account and log on again as administrator (I
think
> >I used the local admin, though it shouldn't matter).
> >     3) Go to where you manage the profiles in System Properties, and set
the
> >new profile (marked by the domain name) to Local if it isn't already, and
> >then copy the previous workgroup/local profile to the place on your HD
where
> >the new domain local profile is.
> >
> >That's it. When you log on, it should be back, though I did have problems
> >with losing Outlook account passwords (I hate that program) and a bug in
> >Office 2K prevents you from opening graphics using Photo Editor, but
there
> >is a M$ KB article on that, as it gives you a  specific error that you
will
> >find an easy search result for (I'm just forgetting what it is).
> >
> >My best,
> >Dan Gapinski
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Jason Williams" <jwilliams at courtesymortgage.com>
> >To: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:53 PM
> >Subject: [Samba] Migrating Profiles: Revisited
> >
> >
> > > Hello everyone.
> > >
> > > Well, i've tried to figure this out on my own by asking questions and
> > > reading the how-to provided by John.
> > > I've followed the directions accordingly, but there are a few catches
i've
> > > noticed that seem to be throwing me a curve or to.
> > >
> > > Let me recap. Basically, i've setup our samba PDC with LDAP. I
originally
> > > was going to use roaming profiles, but decided against it this morning
as
> >I
> > > felt it would not benefit us for what we are doing. So I decided to
stick
> > > with local profiles.
> > >
> > > Now, as it is at this moment, each user logs into their workstation
and
> > > uses their local profile. Our network is currenty setup in a
peer-to-peer.
> > > But, soon, everyone will be joining the domain.
> > >
> > > It is at this point, that I want to make sure that once the computer
has
> > > been joined to the domain and the user logs onto the domain, that
user(s)
> > > will continue to use their original local profile.
> > >
> > > According to the How-To, I need to disable roaming profiles, which I
have
> > > done in smb.conf.
> > > Also, I was told that I need to copy the users local profile as in the
> > > .pdf, chapter 22, 2.2.4.
> > >
> > > My question is, if im going to copy the profile to a certain location
> >(lets
> > > say c:\profiletest), that is no problem. The problem I am failing to
> > > understand is how to make sure, when the user logs on, they will be
able
> >to
> > > use that profile.
> > >
> > > I dont need to copy the profile to the PDC since I am not using
roaming
> > > profiles.
> > >
> > > I've tried copying the profile to a temp location on the local
computer,
> > > but when I log in with my testuser, into the domain, it creates a new
> > > profile and does not use my original local profile.
> > >
> > > So i'm missing a step somewhere on how to get the original local
profile
> > > back up and running when the user logs into the domain.
> > >
> > > I apologize if this seems redundant, but im very close to getting this
> > > solved and moving along to my next task.
> > >
> > > I appreciate everyones input.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
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