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

Paul Venzke venzkep at srt.com
Sat Apr 10 19:54:05 MDT 2010 

On Sat April 10 2010 06:39, r.s1 at gmx.at wrote:
> 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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robert;

Use Regedit an check the following key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList.  
Find the SID for the user and look at the value of CentralProfile.   
You may need to change this to point to the correct path.  You should 
see something like <servername>\\profiles\<username>.V2 .   (or what 
matches your logon path sans the V2)

If the profile actually exists on the server, you could just delete 
the entire key for that SID and a new key will be created correctly 
at the next logon.
-- 
PV

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