[Samba] Question about policies [OT?]

[Amit Sharma]

Yea, that is possible.

First of all find the registry hive/key over any of your XP client, which 
controlls the 'firewall' & then create a new custom ADM file to provide you 
the power to control the firewall settings from policy editor (search google 
for how to create custom adm files ~~> 
http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=how+to+create+adm+files&btnG=Google+Search&meta=).

Now import your first customised ADM file in policy editor & then disable 
firewall from there. Save all your changes to a filename as NTCONFIG.POL. 
Place it in your netlogon share & its all done.
Let your XP clients log off n log on for changes to take effect.

With the same way you can control any registry setting. But make sure you 
revert back the setting in policy editor to get that effect off from clients 
as these changes are tattooed to your box & need to revert back precisely 
for reverse effect.

Regards
Amit..


>From: Koenraad Lelong <samba.k.lelong at ace-electronics.be>
>To: samba <samba at lists.samba.org>
>Subject: [Samba] Question about policies [OT?]
>Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:37:48 +0100
>
>Hi,
>I'm using samba 3 as a domain controller. For some XP-pro laptops I would 
>like to disable the firewall when they are logged in on our network (I 
>don't like it but I have to). Is this possible with Windows policies ? If 
>so, does someone know about good reading material about policies ? I do 
>have "Mastering Windows XP professional" but that's absolutely no help.
>Thanks for any thoughts.
>Regards,
>Koenraad Lelong.
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