[Samba] Abnormal Windows behaviour with Samba

James Lockie bjlockie at lockie.ca
Mon May 28 18:23:32 GMT 2007


Erebus wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am using Samba v3.0.24 on an Ubuntu Server system as a fileserver for 30
> pcs. Samba is working nice but I face a problem that I can't tell if it is
> because of Samba or Windows. Let me explain:
>
> On the Windows terminals (XP SP2) I have changed the special folders
> settings in registry, so as to redirect them to samba shares instead of
> local folders. Among the folders I have changed is the desktop folder, the
> start menu and the startup folder, which now point to i.e.
> \\server\share\folder.

XP Professional or XP Home?

I don't even know if you can do that with only Windows.

I doubt XP Home but maybe XP Pro.



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