[Samba] roaming profiles in Samba 2.2 vs 3

[John H Terpstra]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 brian at krusic.com wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Below is a snippet of my .conf file that worked in 2.2.7a;

If it worked it did so despite being broken! See fixes below.

>
> [netlogon]
> comment = network logon service
> path = \\stuff\people\netlogon

path = /stuff/people/netlogon

> read only = no
> browseable = no
> guest ok = yes
>
> [profile]
> comment = user profiles
> path = \\stuff\people\%U

path = /stuf/people/%U

> writeable = yes
> browseable = no
>
> Using v3.0 during a logon session from a 2K ws I get;
>
> Windows cannot create profile directory \\%
> N\username\profile.pds
>
> Any ideas what in I need to do?

See above. Samba share specs read UNIX paths - not Windows UNC names.

- John T.
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John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org