[Samba] Simple?? questions?

[Keith Edmunds]

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 14:52:53 -0700
Chris Trown <ctrown at uoregon.edu> wrote:

>       When I log on to the domain with an XP system(not SP2, yet), it 
> takes forever.  It stops at "Loading/Saving your profile" for minutes. 
> I don't see any errors in the log file.

How big is your profile? It will be copied from the server to the PC at
every login, and back again at every logout.
 
>       The next question arises mostly due to my inexperience with 
> administering windows domains.  However, the more I think about it, the 
> more I think it can't be done.  Is it possible to copy local profiles 
> from a windows system to the profiles directory on the samba server and 
> expect everything to work as if the profile were being loaded locally? 
> By locally, I mean non-domain, local profile.

In a word: yes. See the Samba HOWTO collection.

Keith