[Samba] Help needed with Windows7 roaming files.

[tms3 at tms3.com]

>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We've been trying to setup/upgrade a samba PDC (version 3.56) with 
> OpenLDAP
> as backend and roaming profiles for Windows7 (32bit) Clients. windows7 
> has
> no problem
> with login after applying the reg patches,  however, it seems to 
> always load
> a temporary profile as opposed to roaming one for users,  no local 
> profile
> is created.
> this has caused Outlook 2010 to function improperly (complains about 
> outlook
> data cannot be accessed and fail to send any email),  if i force 
> profile
> type
> to local only in registry then outlook works perfectly,  local profile 
> is
> not an option for us though as a lot of our users change sites/pcs 
> quite
> often.
>
> I've enclosed some related info below;  the same config works 
> perfectly with
> windowsXP clients.
>
> Ldap entries (samba related)
>
> objectClass: sambaSamAccount
> sambaSID: S-1-5-21-1209579028-1696229136-1764916649-15754
> sambaHomePath: \\server1\user1
> sambaProfilePath: \\server1\user1\.profile
> sambaLogonScript: logon.bat
> sambaAcctFlags: [UX         ]
> sambaPrimaryGroupSID: S-1-5-21-1209579028-1696229136-1764916649-513

sambaProfilePath: \\oakland\profiles\pcuser
description: System User
homeDirectory: /home/pcuser
sn: pcuser
sambaHomePath: \\oakland\open

Works fine with XP, Vista and Win7

smb.conf

<SNIP>

[Profiles]
  path=/usr/home/sambashit/Profiles
  public = yes
   only guest = no
   browseable = yes
   writeable = yes
   printable = no
   create mask = 0770
   force create mode = 0770
   force directory mode = 0770
   directory security mask = 0770
   level2 oplocks = Yes

Security fine grained control using acls set from Administrator 
account on Windows workstation.
>
>
>
>
> smb.conf
>
> [global]
> .....
> logon drive = H:
> logon home = \\%s\%U
>
> [profiles]
>    path = /home
>    browseable = no
>    read only = no
>    profile acls = yes
>    csc policy = disable
>    hide files=/Desktop.ini/Thumbs.db/lost+found
>    store dos attributes = Yes
>    create mask = 0600
>    directory mask = 0700
>
> [profiles.v2]
> copy = profiles
>
>
> Any ideas?   thanks heaps.
>
>
> Dennis
>
>
>
>
> has anybody managed to get Windows 7 (final) to use roaming profiles?
> Windows
>>
>> 7 is joined to my Samba 3.4.1 domain and always logs me in with a
> temporary
>>
>> profile. Windows XP works without problems.
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