[Samba] How to test roaming profiles

[Gary Dale]

Marc Delisle wrote:
> Gary Dale a écrit :
>> Marc Delisle wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm working on a server that was upgraded a few weeks ago (Linux 
>>> Mandriva was reinstalled with a more up-to-date Samba version which 
>>> is 3.3.2).
>>>
>>> Now, roaming profiles no longer work. I even wonder what would be 
>>> the proper to way to test them. Workstations are running Windows XP.
>>>
>>> I followed the procedure for Win2000/XP located here:
>>> http://us6.samba.org/samba/docs/man/Samba-HOWTO-Collection/ProfileMgmt.html#id2660622 
>>>
>>>
>>> and the profile conversion for userx took place; however, looking on 
>>> the workstation, it says that userx's profile is roaming but its 
>>> status is local. Adding a file on the Desktop, and after logout, the 
>>> file is not synched to the server.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>> Have you checked that the profile path is correct? It could be that the
>> profile path doesn't exist on your server so the local profile can't be
>> sync'ed. It may also be a permissions thing. Check your Samba logs.
>>
>> Don't forget to restart Samba after making a change to smb.conf.
>>
>>
> I'm using this in smb.conf:
> [Profiles]
> root preexec = PROFILE=/home/samba/profiles/%u ; if [ ! -e $PROFILE ]; 
> then mkdir -pm755 $PROFILE ; chown %u.%g $PROFILE;fi
>
>         valid users= @tous
>         username = @tous
>         path = /home/samba/profiles
>         write list = @tous
>         create mode = 0700
>
> and /home/samba/profiles exists, owned by root:root and permissions 777.
>
> When I try to log in with a user for which I did not convert the 
> profile, his directory under profiles is created and a file prf86.tmp 
> is created, that's all.
>
> In /var/log/samba, there are files named username.log containing many 
> lines I cannot interpret, for example:
> [2009/07/18 10:34:13,  3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(324)
>   setting sec ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0
> [2009/07/18 10:34:13,  3] smbd/process.c:smbd_process(1930)
>   receive_message_or_smb failed: NT_STATUS_END_OF_FILE, exiting
> [2009/07/18 10:34:13,  3] smbd/sec_ctx.c:set_sec_ctx(324)
>   setting sec ctx (0, 0) - sec_ctx_stack_ndx = 0
> [2009/07/18 10:34:13,  3] smbd/connection.c:yield_connection(31)
>   Yielding connection to
> [2009/07/18 10:34:13,  3] smbd/server.c:exit_server_common(960)
>   Server exit (normal exit)
>
> Anything specific to look for in the logs?
>
Set loglevel to 10 then try to log in and out. That may show a problem.

The preexec probably isn't needed. I've never used one. All it appears 
to be doing is to create a directory that Samba creates anyway.

My profiles are created with a+rwx permissions. My smb.conf for 
[profiles] simply contains:
[profiles]
        path = /home/samba/profiles
        read only = No

Also I have:

[globals]
        logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U

so that the profiles export allows for a path for each user.


You may want to tear out all the extras from your profiles, change the 
permissions to something less secure then add things back in until it 
breaks again.