[Samba] question difference of roaming profile between WinXP and Win7
r.s1 at gmx.at
r.s1 at gmx.at
Thu Apr 22 09:17:23 MDT 2010
Hello Damien
That's it.
I changed "logon path" and "logon home" and "path" in [nt-profile] according your answer and now there are the <username>.V2 profiles.
Further I removed [nt-profile.v2] because it wasn't requested anymore.
Thanks, Robert
-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 20:21:08 +0100
> Von: Damien Dye <damien.j.dye at googlemail.com>
> An: Rhshshgs Sdasdad <r.s1 at gmx.at>
> CC: samba at lists.samba.org
> Betreff: Re: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between WinXP and Win7
> Also information about the differences and workarounds using profile
> redirection can be found here
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile
>
>
> --
> Damien Dye BSC(hon)
>
>
>
> On 9 April 2010 16:20, Damien Dye <damien.j.dye at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > Also
> >
> > please define your profiles path like
> >
> > logon path = \\%L\nt-profile\%U
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Damien Dye BSC(hon)
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 April 2010 16:17, Damien Dye <damien.j.dye at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Humm
> >>
> >> right ok lets see if we can fix it what should happen is that the share
> >> should be connected too and there should be a list of profiles.
> >>
> >> Please define share defined as
> >>
> >>
> >> [nt-profile]
> >> comment = Client Profiles
> >> path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile
> >> read only = No
> >> create mask = 0600
> >> directory mask = 0700
> >>
> >> this should create a folder and all the profiles should be listed
> inside
> >> one username and another username.V2
> >>
> >> Also what is the profile path assigned to users.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Damien Dye BSC(hon)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 9 April 2010 15:58, Rhshshgs Sdasdad <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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