[Samba] (no subject)

[Adam]

what are you wanting to do?  disable roaming profiles?

evan.ingram at cariss.co.uk wrote:
> hi
>
> having a few troubles with samba profile directories.
>
> im using a windows server 2008 r2 server as a remote desktop server so the
> terminals connect over RDP, the windows box is then authenticating against a
> samba pdc. to begin with profiles just were not working so i tried a few
> different options in smb.conf and stumbled across one that worked... heres my
> smb.conf - http://pastebin.com/Kcssv9Vp
>
> but its creating the profiles in the users home directory in a directory called
> profile.V2, takes a long time to log in as it is waiting for the profile
> service, as it does when logging out.
>
> the profile is also ending up in C:\users on the windows box, (is this
> avaoidable? i thought it would start to fill up the relatively small harddrive
> space i gave to the windows vm as opposed to the samba vm).
>
> when logged in to a user account on windows, all the other users home
> directories are showing up in network places, so it look a bit of a mess when i
> just want a couple of central shared directories.
>
> any advice on any of the above?
> cheers
>
>