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

[mrojava4 at eastgranby.k12.ct.us]

Also, for samba 3, the "add user script" needs to be modified to "add
machine script" to add new client PC's to the domain.  See the HOWTO
30.4.2.

Mark




> 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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