[Samba] 'logon drive' questions

[John H Terpstra]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, flinchlock wrote:

> Later, I changed 'logon path' to \\%L\profiles\%U\%m
>
> When 'logon path' is \\%L\%U\.msprofile and I click on "Command
> Prompt", I get a command window that says: H:\
>
> When 'logon path' is \\%L\profiles\%U\%m" and I I click on "Command
> Prompt", I get a command window that says: C:\Documents and
> Settings\flichlock

Do you have a directory on the logon server under the share called
"profiles" called ./flinchlock/'machine_name' ?

If the client can not find this at logon time it will default to using a
local profile. That is what it seems to be doing.

- John T.

>
> I have compared the XP client "set" variables, and I see just three
> differences:
>
> < HOMEDRIVE=H:
> < HOMEPATH=\
> < HOMESHARE=\\mutt\flinchlock
> ---
> > HOMEDRIVE=C:
> > HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\flinchlock
>

-- 
John H Terpstra
Email: jht at samba.org