[Samba] Re: Keeping old profiles

[Jason Baker]

> Given roaming profiles, then the local profile would have to be copied 
> to the server. Might be best to reboot the Windows box and log on with 
> local Administrator, make a copy of the user profile
> (use InfoZip zip.exe for example), then log on with a Samba domain 
> account to gain network access and copy the backup of the profile to 
> the server. 
This is pretty much how we handle it. I have a workstation with a local 
account. I join that machine to the domain. Then log on to the domain as 
the user, then log out again. Now (as long as you don't have "delete 
roaming cache" enabled yet), you can log back into the machine as the 
local admin. If you go to Documents and Settings (WinXP), you will see 
the users local profile, lets call it FRED. Then you will see 
FRED.DOMAIN. I simply copy all the data from Application Data, My 
Documents and Desktop from the local profile to the roaming profile 
(FRED---->FRED.DOMAIN). You can also copy things like Favorites and 
Start Menu depending on your needs.
It confirm everything copied over by logging into the domain as the 
user. Make sure all files are available and that email and other 
programs work. Then log out so the profile gets saved back to the server 
(PDC).
Then I reboot the client workstation, log in as local admin again, set 
DeleteRoamingCache in the registry, delete the local copies of the 
profiles (FRED and FRED.DOMAIN), then log out, and log in as FRED to the 
domain. After you log out, there will be no profile left on the local 
machine (as very good idea in a roaming environment).

*Jason Baker
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Michael Lueck wrote:
> Walmiro Muzzi wrote:
>> The user did not log in samba.
>>
>> Now, log in samba, how I make to keep the old profile?
>>
>> I don't want that a new profile is created.
>>
>> The username is the same.
>
> As much as I know, (and given local user profiles) it is necessary to 
> do a registry update to tell Windows to load the existing profile 
> rather than the new one.
>
> Given roaming profiles, then the local profile would have to be copied 
> to the server. Might be best to reboot the Windows box and log on with 
> local Administrator, make a copy of the user profile
> (use InfoZip zip.exe for example), then log on with a Samba domain 
> account to gain network access and copy the backup of the profile to 
> the server.
>