[Samba] max path length - ExcludeProfileDirs not sufficient - temporary profile

[Stefan Bauer]

Good evening dear users and developers,

I'm using samba 3.5.6 on Debian Squeeze as Domain-Controller for several Windows XP clients. Config below.

One user installed a software with settings in C:\documents and settings\martin\.vkbstandalone/.metadata/.plugins/de.vkb.standalone.tomcat/work/catalina/localhost/eba_standalone_web/org/apache/jsp/jsp/composite/angebot/angebot zum versicherungsnehmer/html/angaben zum versicherungsn

Indeed quite a long path so i expected problems and used a patch to not sync this specific folder .vkbstandalone to the server ...

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWinlogon]
"ParseAutoexec"="1"
"ExcludeProfileDirs"="Lokale Einstellungen;Temporary Internet Files;Verlauf;Temp;.vkbstandalone"
"BuildNumber"=dword:00000a28

That works - this path is not synced. Now the strange part:

Even though this path is not synced, windows complains about it cannot find the path and serves a temporary profile - WHY?!

This path is locally available.

snippets from config:

domain logons = Yes
workgroup = FSH

[netlogon]
        comment = Network Logon Service
        path = /home/samba/netlogon
        browseable = No

[profiles]
        comment = Users profiles
        path = /home/samba/profiles
        read only = No
        create mask = 0600
        directory mask = 0700
        guest ok = Yes
        browseable = No

I would really appreciate any hints and ideas.

Regards

Stefan