[Samba] Re: Vista roaming profiles

[Andy Smith]

Finally tracked this down... The profile path for each user, configured in
my LDAP directory, used %L instead of the server's netbios name hard-coded.
E.g., \\%L\profiles\andy instead of \\alpha\profiles\andy. Whilst the %L
seems to be subsituted correctly for 2k/xp logons, it was not for my vista
logon. So, hard-coding the netbios name fixed this problem for me.

I have no idea why vista exhibits this odd behaviour. Possibly a bug in
samba? Or another microsoft 'feature'? Perhaps someone with a greater
understanding of the nitty-gritty technical details would like to
investigate!

Regards,

Andy


"Andy Smith" <andrew at andrewsmith.plus.com> wrote in message 
news:f8lnp7$ne5$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> Hi All,
>
> I've happily had Samba (3.0.24) operating as DC for my Win2k/XP network 
> for
> years. I've just upgraded to Vista and eveything seems to be working fine
> (shares, domain logons) apart from roaming profiles. Just after logging 
> on,
> the following error appears in a bubble from the system tray:
>
> "Your user profile was not loaded correctly!
> You have been logged on with a temporary profile. Changes you make to this
> profile will be lost when you log off. Please see the event log for 
> details
> or contact your administrator."
>
> And the event log shows 'User Profile Service' event no '1521':
>
> "Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is
> attempting to log you on with your local profile. Changes to the profile
> will not be copied to the server when you log off. This error may be 
> caused
> by network problems or insufficient security rights.
> DETAIL - The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is 
> incorrect."
>
> Here's what I understand so far...
>
> After a bit of googling I discovered that vista sticks a '.v2' extension 
> on
> the end of the profile folder path as 2k/xp profiles are not compatible 
> with
> vista. So, instead of reading the profile from \\alpha\profiles\andy, 
> vista
> will use \\alpha\profiles\andy.v2. So, I created a folder 'andy.v2' in my
> profiles folder, set the correct permissions and tried again. Same error.
>
> I'm now stumped and cannot find any other resources about this. Can anyone
> shed any light on whats wrong and how to fix it, or point me in the
> direction of some useful info?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Andy
>
>
> My smb.conf:
>
> [global]
>        workgroup = OMEGA
>        interfaces = 192.168.100.1/24
>        passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://127.0.0.1:390/
>        log level = 1
>        log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log
>        max log size = 50
>        name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast
>        socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
>        add user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -m "%u"
>        add group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupadd -p "%g"
>        add user to group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -m "%u" "%g"
>        delete user from group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-groupmod -x "%u"
> "%g"
>        set primary group script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-usermod -g "%g" "%u"
>        add machine script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd -w "%u"
>        logon script = logon.bat
>        logon drive = z:
>        domain logons = Yes
>        preferred master = Yes
>        domain master = Yes
>        dns proxy = No
>        wins support = Yes
>        ldap admin dn = cn=samba,ou=DSA,dc=omega,dc=lan
>        ldap delete dn = Yes
>        ldap group suffix = ou=Groups
>        ldap machine suffix = ou=Computers
>        ldap passwd sync = Yes
>        ldap suffix = dc=omega,dc=lan
>        ldap ssl = no
>        ldap user suffix = ou=Users
>        idmap uid = 16777216-33554431
>        idmap gid = 16777216-33554431
>
> [homes]
>        comment = Home Directories
>        valid users = %U
>        read only = No
>        create mask = 0664
>        directory mask = 0775
>        browseable = No
>
> [netlogon]
>        path = /home/samba/netlogon/
>        browseable = No
>
> [profiles]
>        path = /home/samba/profiles
>        valid users = %U, "@Domain Admins"
>        force user = %U
>        read only = No
>        create mask = 0600
>        directory mask = 0700
>        guest ok = Yes
>        profile acls = Yes
>        browseable = No
>        csc policy = disable
>
> [print$]
>        comment = Printer Driver Download Area
>        path = /etc/samba/drivers
>        write list = "@Domain Admins"
>        guest ok = Yes
>
>
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