[Samba] Samba (2.2.8a or 3.0.2a) + WinXP not updating roaming profiles on logout

[Jim Shanks]

I have working 3.0.2a and 2.2.8a domain controllers.  The only thing that
I see that is significantly different in your conifguration to our
configuration is that we have a [profiles] share.

[profiles]
        comment = Personal Profile Folder
        path = \\%L\%U\profile
        read only = No
        profile acls = Yes
        browseable = No

Hope it helps,
Jim

> I have a linux box running samba configured as my PDC with roaming
> profiles.  Everything was running great until I upgraded to WinXP
> instead of Win2K.  Now, when I log out of my XP session, my profile
> doesn't get uploaded to the server.  The local copy remains in effect
> until I reboot.  When I log out, the following message gets sent to the
> event logger:
>
> [quote]
> Windows has detected that Offline Caching is enabled on the Roaming
> Profile share - to avoid potential profile corruption, Offline Caching
> must be disabled on shares where roaming user profiles are stored.
>
>
>
> For more information, see Help and Support Center at
> http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
> [/quote]
>
> I searched around and found an email which suggested adding the
> following to my profiles share to fix this warning message (not sure if
> it's supposed to fix my problem, but I figured it was worth a shot):
>
>    csc policy = disabled
>    share modes = no
>
> The warning still occurs (yes, I restarted samba and I restarted
> windows).
>
> Here's my smb.conf file with comments stripped
>
> [global]
>    workgroup = HOME
>   netbios name = ERADICATOR
>    server string = Samba Server %v
>    printcap name = lpstat
>    load printers = yes
>    printing = cups
>    printer admin = @adm
>    log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
>    max log size = 50
>   guest account = guest
>    security = user
>   encrypt passwords = yes
>   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/private/smbpasswd
>   username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
>    socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>    interfaces = eth1
>    local master = yes
>    os level = 65
>    domain master = yes
>    preferred master = yes
>    domain logons = yes
>    logon path = \\%L\%U\profile
>    logon home = \\%L\%U
>    logon drive = I:
> add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c 'Machine
> Account' -s /bin/false -M %u
> domain admin group = root @wheel
> domain guest group = nobody guest @nobody @nogroup @guest
>    wins support = yes
>    dns proxy = no
> [homes]
>    comment = Home Directories
>    browseable = no
>    writable = yes
>    profile acls = yes
>    csc policy = disabled
>    share modes = no
> [netlogon]
>    comment = Network Logon Service
>    path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
>    guest ok = yes
>    writable = no
> [printers]
>    comment = All Printers
>    path = /var/spool/samba
>    browseable = no
>    guest ok = yes
>    writable = no
>    printable = yes
>    create mode = 0700
>    print command = lpr -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic
> PostScript on clients).
>    lpq command = lpq -P %p
>    lprm command = cancel %p-%j
> [download]
>    comment = Downloads
>    path = /usr/local/download
>    public = yes
>    writable = no
>    write list = @adm
>
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 2775
>    force create mode = 0660
>    force directory mode = 2770
> [music]
>    comment = Music
>    path = /home/jeremy/Music
>    public = yes
>    writable = no
>    write list = @adm
>
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 2775
>    force create mode = 0660
>    force directory mode = 2770
> [movies]
>    comment = Movies
>    path = /home/jeremy/Movies
>    public = yes
>    writable = no
>    write list = @adm
>
>    create mode = 0664
>    directory mode = 2775
>    force create mode = 0660
>    force directory mode = 2770
> [root]
>         comment = Root Directory
>         path = /
>         read only = No
> [raid0]
>         comment = RAID 0
>         path = /mnt/raid0
>         read only = No
>
>
> ---
>
> As another note, I get the following message in log.<machine name> since
> going to samba3...
>
> [2004/04/05 23:16:16, 0]
> rpc_server/srv_util.c:get_domain_user_groups(372)
>   get_domain_user_groups: primary gid of user [jeremy] is not a Domain
> group !
>   get_domain_user_groups: You should fix it, NT doesn't like that
> [2004/04/05 23:16:20, 1] smbd/service.c:make_connection_snum(705)
>   aerith (192.168.0.3) connect to service jeremy initially as user
> jeremy (uid=1000, gid=4) (pid 22991)
>
> ---
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer.  It is very much
> appreciated.
>
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