[Samba] Re: roaming profiles and samba

[José Ildefonso Camargo Tolosa]

Hi!

The only trouble you could have is if you are not using folder 
redirection.  In that case, every user will be using a "local copy" of 
the profile, and if any two users modify one file at the same session 
(different workstations), I'm not sure what will happend, but certenly 
any of these changes will be lost (I pressume to be the changes made by 
the first user to logoff).

Jim C. wrote:

> 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.
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>> 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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