[Samba] samba support for local profiles

Milo search.lists at gmail.com
Mon Oct 10 04:24:26 GMT 2005


On 10/6/05, Cybionet <cybionet at videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> Milo a écrit :
>
> >Hi, I tried searching the list and could not find a straight answer.
> >
> >Does samba support local profiles?
> >How does one enable/setup local profiles?
> >What version of samba has best support for local profiles?
> >
> >We are having trouble with a novell->samba migration and would like to
> use
> >local profiles if possible. It would take alot of work off our hands to
> >migrate the profiles correctly.
> >
> >Any suggestions are appreciated,
> >
> >Milan Andric
> >
> >
> Greeting Milan Andric,
>
> Yes Samba support local profile. For using local profile with Samba 3,
> be sure to not have set /SambaProfilePath /and /sambaHomePath/ in
> /global/ section/. /To not have trouble with Windows professional client
> 2000/XP (I don't have try local profile with 9x clients), open /MMC /and
> add the snap-in /Group Policy/.
>
> Browse in /Local Computer Policy/ / /Computer Configuration/ /
> Administrative Template / /System // /Login
> and change //Only allow local user profiles/ value. For Windows 2000,
> you need SP3 and more install.
>
> And run /secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy (W2K) or //gpupdate (XP)./



Robert


Thanks Robert, we went with this solution!


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