[Samba] policy files

[Cardon Denis]

Hi Dimitri,

> I think I have two questions - one which is samba and one which is windows
> policy files.  I'll try to limit this question to the samba side but will
> give the full picture for completeness.
> 
> I'm trying to implement a simple policy to redirect a few simple folders
> (for starters).  I have a policy file called NTConfig.POL that is available
> on my share \\wilson\netlogon (wilson is the name of the server running
> samba).  I'll append its contents at the end of this email in case that's
> where my problem lies (although that's a windows question, so I don't
> expect
> an answer here).

folder redirection can be performed quite easily with a .reg file loaded
throught the logon script (like explained in
http://isg.ee.ethz.ch/tools/realmen/det/skel.en.html)

a reg file like below should do it

========
��Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell
 Folders]
"Desktop"="U:\.desktop"
"Personal"="U:"
"My Pictures"="U:"
"My Music"="U:"
"My Video"="U:"
========

Actually you can do quite a lot of things in logon script, as long as
they can be launch with plain user rights. I advise you to use .vbs
scripts, they are much more powerful than .bat scripts.

cheers,

Denis


> 
> I don't have anything that mentions the policy file in my samba config, but
> according to http://www.pcc-services.com/custom_poledit.html I don't
> need to
> (other than having NTConfig.POL readable at \\wilson\netlogon\NTPolicy.POL,
> which it is).  I've seen lots of stuff that suggests I need special windows
> programs (that seem to only be available on NT or 2003) to edit these
> files,
> and then other pages (such as the link above) that say they are just text
> files.
> 
> Is there a simple howto that I've missed on this?  Thanks in advance for
> any
> tips.
> 
> cheers
> dim
> 
> 
> 
> CLASS USER
> 
> CATEGORY "Custom Folder Redirection"
>        KEYNAME "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
> Shell Folders"
> 
>        POLICY "Custom Internet Cookies Folder"
>                PART "Path to User's Internet Cookies Folder"
> EDITTEXT        REQUIRED        EXPANDABLETEXT
>                        DEFAULT "Z:\Cookies"
>                        VALUENAME "Cookies"
>                END PART
>        END POLICY
> 
>        POLICY "Custom Internet Favorites Folder"
>                PART "Path to User's Internet Favorites Folder"
> EDITTEXT        REQUIRED        EXPANDABLETEXT
>                        DEFAULT "Z:\Favorites"
>                        VALUENAME "Favorites"
>                END PART
>        END POLICY
> 
>        POLICY "Custom Internet History Folder"
>                PART "Path to User's Internet History Folder"
> EDITTEXT        REQUIRED        EXPANDABLETEXT
>                        DEFAULT "Z:\History"
>                        VALUENAME "History"
>                END PART
>        END POLICY
> 
>        POLICY "Custom My Documents Folder"
>                PART "Path to User's My Documents Folder"
> EDITTEXT        REQUIRED        EXPANDABLETEXT
>                        DEFAULT "Z:\Documents"
>                        VALUENAME "Personal"
>                END PART
>        END POLICY
> 
> 
> END CATEGORY ;Custom Folder Redirection


-- 
Denis Cardon
Tranquil IT Systems
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