[Samba] windows 7 roaming profiles

Miguel Medalha miguelmedalha at sapo.pt
Thu Mar 29 13:57:35 MDT 2012


>
> Folder Redirection will always (I think - or maybe Samba has a way to
> disable this, but I don't think it would be a good idea at all) store
> local cached copy of those folders on the local computer... what it
> accomplishes is it saves all of the copying back and forth when
> logging in/out.
>

NO, IT DOESN'T! What you describe is the behavior of normal *roaming 
profiles*. Folder redirection *does not* move files back and forth. The 
files in redirected folders will always reside on the server. I know 
this not only from theory but *from experience*.



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