[Samba] Win XP Pro x64 and roaming profiles

[Gregory Brady]

I've recently connected a 64-bit windows box to my existing Samba-run 
domain.  In order to do this, I upgraded to Samba 3.0.23c.  Most things 
work fine.  However, I'm having trouble getting the 64-bit box to 
properly pick up the location of the roaming profile.  I want the 
profile to be stored in a directory in the user's home directory called 
".profiles".  However, 64 bit windows insists on storing it and looking 
for it in a directory called "profile" in the user's home directory.  
All of our existing 32-bit XP machines get the folder from ".profile" 
without problem.  The current workaround I'm using is a soft link from 
"profile" to ".profile", which works, but it irks me that I can't get 
this to work properly with the "logon path" and "logon home" parameters 
in my smb.conf file.  Has anyone see this problem?

Below is my smb.conf file, and thanks for any help!

G. Brady

Contents of smb.conf

[global]
   workgroup = wgname
   server string = servername
   netbios name = servername
   hosts allow = 192.168.0. 127.
   printcap name = /etc/printcap
   load printers = yes
   printing = cups
   cups options = raw
   guest account = guest
   log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
   max log size = 1024
   security = user
   encrypt passwords = yes
   smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd
   unix password sync = No
   passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
   passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* 
%n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully*
   socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
   local master = yes
   os level = 33
   domain master = yes
   preferred master = yes
   domain logons = yes
   add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g smbmachine -c 
'Machine Account' -s /bin/false -M %u
   logon home = \\%L\%U\
   logon drive = q:
   logon path = \\%L\%U\.profiles
   wins support = yes
   dns proxy = yes
   preserve case = yes
   short preserve case = yes

#============================ Share Definitions 
==============================
[homes]
        comment = Home Directories
        path=/home/%U
        browseable = yes
        writeable = yes
        create mode = 0664
        directory mode = 0775

[netlogon]
        comment = Network Logon Service
        path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon
        public = no
    guest ok = no
        writeable = no
        browsable = no
        valid users = root @smbuser
    share modes = no

[Profiles]
        path = /home/%U/.profiles
        writeable = yes
        create mask = 0000
        directory mask = 0000
        browsable = yes
        valid users = root @smbuser

[printers]
   comment = All Printers
   path = /var/spool/samba
   browseable = no
   guest ok = no
   writable = no
   printable = yes