[Samba] profiles, profdata & homes

[John H Terpstra]

On Friday 26 August 2005 11:44, Geert Stappers wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Due the trees, I can't see the forest.
>
> I understand the concept of home directories on the file server
> becoming a share for the user on the smb-client computer.
>
> I have a vague idea of "profiles", but I'm lost at "profdata".
> How does that last one fit in? Where can I read more about it?
> (profdata is common keyword on the search engines)
>
> Is there a document that describes the logon proces?
> (less detailed that the source code of samba? ;-)

Geert,

This has nothing to do with the login process. I used the 'profdat'  share as 
an example in my book "Samba-3 By Example" to demonstrate how it is possible 
to implement folder redirection. Check chapter 5 of my book, available 
on-line at:

http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-ByExample.pdf

Folder redirection makes the loading of roaming profiles snappy and fast 
because it is not necessary to transfer the entire contents of the profile 
folders over the network. Also, because the profile is reduced to a very 
basic information set, it is possible to do away with roaming profiles and 
instead just have a global Network Default User profile that uses folder 
redirection. Again, read through chapter 5.

- John T.