[Samba] Can't do roaming profiles

[Douglas Phillipson]

I need a little advice on finishing off a Samba PDC.  I have Samba 
3.0.0RC1 installed and working as a PDC on a Redhat AS 3.0 machine.  It 
authenticates users nicely but the "roaming" profiles don't work. 
Tailing the samba log, I see the an attempt to access the users 
ntuser.dat file, which doesn't exist before the first logon, when 
logging in. The profile directory (/home/profiles/<username> DOES get 
created by samba when the user logs in.  When the user logs off, there 
is no reference, in the log that ntuser.dat is being written with the 
users updated profile.  In fact the ntuser.dat file is not created on 
the samba server.  If I "touch ntuser.dat" in the profile directory on 
the samba PDC, then log in on a Win2000 client PC, I get a message 
saying the ntuser.dat file is not the proper format, so I know the 
"profiles" share and "logon path" are correct.  But the profile will not 
update on the PDC.  My Win2000 is SP2, and I tried SP4 also.  I looked 
on the client PC and the profile is a "roaming" profile.  Also the "add 
user script" doesn't work, I have to add the users by hand (with the 
same script).  Here is my smb.conf file, any help is greatly appreciated...

Regards and thanks for a great program!

Doug P

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# Global parameters
[global]
         workgroup = TESTDOM
         server string = Samba Server
         update encrypted = Yes
         client lanman auth = No
         client plaintext auth = No
         log level = 4
         log file = /var/log/samba.log
         socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
         add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -s 
/bin/false -M %u
         logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U
         logon drive = H:
         domain logons = Yes
         os level = 65
         preferred master = Yes
         domain master = Yes
         dns proxy = No
         ldap ssl = no
         preload = homes

[homes]
         comment = Home Directories
         path = /home/%S
         read only = No

[printers]
         comment = All Printers
         path = /var/spool/samba
         printable = Yes
         browseable = No

[software]
         path = /home/software
         read only = No

[netlogon]
         path = /home/scripts
         browseable = No

[profiles]
         path = /home/profiles
         read only = No
         writable = yes
         create mask = 0600
         directory mask = 0700
         profile acls = Yes
         browseable = No