[Samba] Re: roaming profiles and samba

[Jim C.]

I do that all the time with no apparent trouble or corruption. I know 
that Samba uses the same locking mechanisms that NFS does.  They live in 
the kernel I believe and that may be a clue. Just a theory but what 
normally happens when more than one program asks an OS for access to a 
file, it puts the writers to sleep and only allows one at a time access 
but lets the readers read what they want.

> I have a network comprised of a linux server (mandrake) running samba 3.0.4
> as a PDC and clients all being windows xp.  I am in the process of doing a
> practice run of roaming profiles and am currently stuck.  What is the most
> common way to prevent two of the workstations from logging into the pdc and
> thus corrupting the roaming profile?  Ive googled this till im blue in the
> face and am getting nowhere.  I cant possibly be the only person whose
> attempted such :)  Any help would be MUCH appreciated.  Please forgive me if
> I have improperly posted this or broken some other ettiqute, this is my
> second post ever to such a list, so i apologise in advance for any mistakes.
> Mark


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