[Samba] Problems with Windows XP pro after initial login to Samba 3.0 server

[Thomas M. Skeren III]

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Robert Galter wrote:

>Question: Does anybody have a solution for this problem?
>Problem: Windows XP creates a new user with same name after initial machine
>login to Samba domain.  E.G. under Documents and settings the user name:
>gilbert existed as a subdirectory with additional subdirectories such as
>desktop, startup, MyDocuments, etc.  The following procedure was used in
>Windows XP to log the machine into the Samba server:
>1. Open System Properties dialog
>2. Click Computer Name tab
>3  Click command button:  Change.
>4. Click Member of Domain radio button
>5. Fill domain name of edit field with Samba domain name
>6. Click OK - User name/password appears
>7. Fill in "root" as user name and "rootspassword" as the password
>8. Wait
>9. Process completes and then reboot.
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>At this point a new user has been created:  gilbert.000 .  This new user has
>not inherited any of the settings from the original user, i.e.  Desktop is
>blank, applications do not launch at startup, installed programs are not in
>start menu.  The same set of subdirectories exist off of gilbert.000 but
>they are empty.  The original gilbert subdirectory still exists but
>gilbert.000 has no access rights to gilbert.  The original gilbert is an
>admin user and the new gilbert.000 has no admin rights.  As the new user
>without rights, gilbert.000 cannot be changed back to admin.
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>How do you keep this behavior from happening on Windows XP pro?
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You don't.  It also happens under NT4 and w2k.

>How do you correct the problem after it has happened?
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Rename gilbert.000 to say gilbert.001.  Rename gilbert to gilbert .000.  
This usually works.

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