[Samba] UNIX paths vs UNC names in [profile]

Jeff Gardiner gardiner at imaging.robarts.ca
Mon Nov 17 19:52:26 GMT 2003


On Monday 17 November 2003 13:56, you wrote:

> You could try:
> path = %H/profile

Thanks again John.  Your posts are always helpful.  That did the trick.


> The problem is that the profile handling may do some anonymous file access
> to the Windows users' profile. This may fail if you store the profile in
> the home directory and 'others' do not have access rights to this location
> on disk.

I see your point.  Is there a way to avoid this situation or at least minimize 
it other than by storing profiles somewhere else?

Cheers
Jeff

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Jeff Gardiner [ gardiner at nospam.imaging.robarts.ca ]
System Administrator - Imaging Research Laboratories
Robarts Research Institute - London ON, Canada
519.663.5777 x34089

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  Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
        -- Henry Spencer
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