[Samba] Lost my Samba PDC, trying to rebuild

[tms3 at tms3.com]

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> --- Original message ---
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Lost my Samba PDC, trying to rebuild
> From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>
> To: <tms3 at tms3.com>
> Cc: <samba at lists.samba.org>
> Date: Sunday, 13/02/2011  9:39 PM
>
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> On 02/13/2011 11:42 PM, tms3 at tms3.com wrote:
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>>>
>>> The problem comes with users. The users were user.HOME in         
>>> 'Documents
>>> and Settings'. But so far on the one computer I have tried with        
>>>  the one
>>> user I have on that computer, it is creating a new profile for
>>> user.HDA. What controls the profile directory on the computer         
>>> (btw, the
>>> OS is XP)? What do I need to do for it to use the profile of         
>>> user.HOME?
>>>
>> Disconnect the workstations from the network. Log in with the         
>> old domain user account. Run the file and programs transfer         
>> wizard (Start-All-Programs- Accessories...IIRC) and save the         
>> profile transfer locally. Log in with new domain user and import       
>>   the saved profile.
>>
> I disconnected the ethernet.  I am logging in as the user for domain   
>   HOME.  I get the error:
Hmmm...you need to do a reboot without network connectivity on the 
Windows box. The passwords are cached locally.
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>
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> "The system cannot log you on now because the domain HOME is not     
> available."
>
> Before all this, if I did not have network connectivity, I could     
> still log in locally.  Hmmm, let's try disconnecting the server     
> instead...  No dice as the server is also the DHCP server.
>
>  Next let's stop smb and nmb on the server, but leave it     
> connected....  Just took longer, but still no login.
>
> So now why is it requiring the domain to be present to log in.  No     
> local log in?
>
> So I restarted the services and got logged in.
>
> If I log in locally as administrator, is there anyway to copy     
> another user's files and settings?
>
>
>
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