[Samba] Profile Location Best Practice
Eric J. Feldhusen
efeldhusen.lists at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 19:55:44 GMT 2007
Mike Eggleston wrote:
>> Well... I created a new directory structure:
>>
>> home directory = \server\home\username (unchanged)
>> profile directory = \server\home\profiles\username (new)
>>
>> I've already switched one user over who was having a weird problem with
>> a printer not appearing on the receptionist computer (she covers for the
>> receptionist when she goes to lunch, etc). That problem is now resolved,
>> while nothing else I tried worked.
>>
>> So, I'm hopeful that this will indeed fix these other mysterious
>> problems. After some reading on this, I'm embarrassed that I never
>> encountered this 'best practice' knowledge before...
>>
>> Many thanks to Eric for the whack upside the head...
>
> How do you switch only a single user at a time?
>
> Mike
If you're using the tdbsam or ldap backends for accounts, you can
specify profile locations on a per-user basis.
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Eric Feldhusen
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