[Samba] question difference of roaming profile between WinXP and Win7

Rhshshgs Sdasdad r.s1 at gmx.at
Fri Apr 9 08:58:16 MDT 2010


Hello

@Damien
I remove nt-profile.v2 and deleted all server profiles in Win7 but I still was logged on using a temporary profile.
I found a msg in sambalog like: service [nt-profile.v2] not found

@Linda
I made the same experince. There was never a profile <username>.V2 referenced and used.

Now I'm fully confused in that topic. I my test environment (1 PDC, 1 WinXP and 1 Win7 virtual machines), I was able to logon with win7 using a server profile with just <username>. The profile was newly created and empty and samba had defined a [nt-profile.v2] share.
The same settings don't work in my production environment. I have the same settings, defined a new user but Win7 is logging on using a temp profile. I set log level to 4, inspected all messages but couldn't find any reason why a temp profile.

Does someone have a good tip for me for further investigation or a reason?

This there a link available "How to setup samba with win 7 clients"?

regards robert

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:37:34 +0100
> Von: Damien Dye <damien.j.dye at googlemail.com>
> An: r.s1 at gmx.at
> CC: samba at lists.samba.org
> Betreff: Re: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between WinXP	and Win7

> Robert
> 
> remove the .V2 share and then remove your profiles from vista/win 7 at
> this
> reg key
> 
> HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
> 
> then all will work as expected.
> 
> 
> --
> Damien Dye BSC(hon)
> 
> 
> 
> On 4 April 2010 16:15, <r.s1 at gmx.at> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Christian
> > This what I expected with Win7 clients. But in my case XP and 7 are
> using
> > the same profile (which shouldn't be), but from different shares. It
> seems
> > XP is connecting to the profiles via my share [nt-profile] and Win7 via
> > share [nt-profile.v2]. If i comment [nt-profile.v2], Win7 cannot connect
> to
> > the profile (it starts always with an temporary profile). My
> <username>.V2
> > profiles are still empty. I never saw an logentry pointing to
> <username>.V2.
> > Several hits in google answers just to create/copy a <username>.V2
> directory
> > and that's it. Which didn't work for me. [nt-profile.v2] was just a
> guess
> > due to entries from the samba logs. The only possibility I see, is to
> define
> > "path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u.V2" (or something similar) in
> > [nt-profile.v2] to differentiate between XP and 7. Who is adding the v2
> > extension? Is it samba or Win7?
> > I'm running Samba 3.4.3.
> >
> > regards Robert
> >
> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > Datum: Sun,  4 Apr 2010 00:00:40 +0200 (CEST)
> > > Von: Christian Rost <cr at rocon-it.de>
> > > An: r.s1 at gmx.at
> > > CC: samba at lists.samba.org
> > > Betreff: RE: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between
> WinXP
> > and Win7
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > IMHO both profiles can stay within the same share, so you don't need a
> > > separate .v2 share. It's the same with Windows 2003 Server and a
> mixture
> > of
> > > XP/ Vista/Seven Clients.
> > >
> > > What you need to keep in mind is that Windows XP profiles are not
> > > compatible with Vista/Seven profiles - hence the ".v2" suffix and
> they're
> > > completely different profiles. When you're logging into Vista/Seven
> for
> > the first
> > > time, your exisitng pre-Vista profile will be converted and will be
> > renamed
> > > to <username>.v2. Each time you're logging into Vista/ Seven the
> > > "<username>.v2" profile will be updated, and each time you're logging
> > into XP your
> > > "<username>" profile will be updated.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Christian
> > >
> > > ===========================================================
> > > Dipl.-Ing. Christian Rost
> > > roCon - Informationstechnologie
> > > Glatzer Weg 4
> > >
> > > 44534 Lünen
> > >
> > > fon: +49 (0) 2306 910 658
> > > fax: +49 (0) 2306 910 664
> > > url: http://www.rocon-it.de
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --------r.s1 at gmx.at wrote--------
> > > Subject: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between WinXP
> > > and   Win7
> > > Date: 03.04.2010 17:02
> > >
> > > >Hello
> > > >I want to add Win7 machine to my Samba PDC with WinXP clients. Google
> > > >tells me I have to add a .V2 to my profiles. The samba log ask about
> a
> > > .v2
> > > >share.
> > > >Can someone explain me the difference of the v2 extension at the
> profile
> > > >names and the roaming profile share?
> > > >Following my settings:
> > > >
> > > >smb.conf:
> > > >[global]
> > > >        logon path = \\%L\nt-profile
> > > >        logon home = \\%L\nt-profile
> > > >
> > > >[nt-profile]
> > > >        comment = Client Profiles
> > > >        path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u
> > > >        read only = No
> > > >        create mask = 0600
> > > >        directory mask = 0700
> > > >
> > > >[nt-profile.v2]
> > > >        comment = Client Profiles
> > > >        path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u
> > > >        read only = No
> > > >        create mask = 0600
> > > >        directory mask = 0700
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >ls -l /BUERO/samba/nt-profile
> > > >drwsrwsr-x 24 kira     users  4096 2010-04-03 16:16 kira
> > > >drwxr-sr-x  2 kira     users  4096 2010-04-02 18:59 kira.V2
> > > >
> > > >These are 2 empty profiles.
> > > >I logged on to user kira with an XP client, set the background colour
> to
> > > >green and logged of. Profile kira was filled with data. Now I logged
> on
> > > to
> > > >user kira with an Win7 client, the background was black. I set the
> > > >background to yellow and logged of. The profile kira.V2 is still
> empty.
> > > >Finally I logged on to kira with XP and the background was yellow. So
> > > Win7
> > > >and XP are using the same profile, which should be if I understand
> "mr.
> > > >google" right. I thought I just had to copy the roaming profiles to a
> > > >profile with extension .V2.
> > > >
> > > >I found following in the samba log during Win7 logon:
> > > >  :
> > > >get_referred_path: |nt-profile.V2| in dfs path
> \testserver\nt-profile.V2
> > > >is not a dfs root.
> > > >  :
> > > >Connect path is '/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira' for service
> > > [nt-profile.v2]
> > > >  :
> > > >connect to service nt-profile.v2 initially as user kira (uid=524,
> > > gid=100)
> > > >(pid 12087)
> > > >  :
> > > >reduce_name [.] [/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira]
> > > >  :
> > > >
> > > >Further, there is a reference to nt-profile.V2 (uppercase V2) and
> next a
> > > >connect to nt-profile.v2 (lowercase v2). What is the difference?
> > Finally,
> > > >the profile kira is used and not kira.V2. Why?
> > > >
> > > >Can someone explain me the correct setup of samba for Win7 clients?
> > > >
> > > >regards robert
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