Topic: Samba, Ldap and windows XP

[rikki_max]

Hello.
I have a Windows XP computer (client).
A SME server linux just installed today.
I set the server up so it it would be the auth ldap server for my network.
I managed to get my client to join the domain and login without errors.
But i cannot work out how I can get my client to get the profile from the server (the default's are not doing the job), the profile is mounted BUT it isn't being used.

Any ideas?

[cactus]

But i cannot work out how I can get my client to get the profile from the server (the default's are not doing the job), the profile is mounted BUT it isn't being used.

Do you mean roaming profiles? You did enable them? Your users are logging in to the domain?

You've read this?
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter13#Workgroup

[rikki_max]

Yes i enabled roaming profile.
Yes my users can login to the domain.
I cannot thou get my clients to use the server profile as the users profile.
I have mapped h: drive for the user profile.

[cactus]

I cannot thou get my clients to use the server profile as the users profile.
I have mapped h: drive for the user profile.

I think you mean their home directory. You do not need to map their profile folder as their desktop settings and looks should be loaded elsewhere.

Are you seeing any specific error messages or other pointers as we have very little to go on and the battery of my crystal ball is low.

[rikki_max]

Let me rephrase my question.
I have a windows XP client.
When I log into a user account hosted by a SME server (domain controller, file server).
The user profile is not copied from the server or even used.
The user profile is mounted thou.

What I need is that the user profile is copied from the server or actually used as the current home directory, and on log off saves back to the server.

Simple or do you need something else?

[robwellesley]

from your XP client do

Start > Run > \\servername\profiles 

[rikki_max]

Thank you for that one peace of information.
I managed to create the netlogon script to copy from the server.
Do you guys know a way to copy back to server on log off?

[robwellesley]

With roaming profiles enabled in the server, My Docs gets copied back to the \\server\profiles\user at logoff.

[rikki_max]

Well something must be up with my network then.
Can you post your smb.conf and netlogon.bat?

[robwellesley]

smb.conf is default (no custom templates); No netlogon.bat

Server is Domain controller, roaming profiles is enabled,  PC is joined to domain, domain is logged onto (as opposed to logging on to the PC),  profile DOMAINNAME.user is created in c:\documents and settings (or Vista equivalent), this profile is 'saved' into \\server\profiles\user at logoff

[Brave Dave]

? Does your WinXP say User Profiles say Local
? Does your WinXP Log on Quickly or Slowly

You Could: Set up a new user and log on and test the above

Is you SME Server the Domain Controller [yes] and DHCP and DNS Server ?

Any Antivirus software ?

Are there any Messages in the Event Log ?

[rikki_max]

When i log into my computer though the domain, i select my domain for doman server.
i type in user pass ext. and login.
it is fast logon.

My server is not a dhcp server i already have a device doing that on my network.
I do not know about the dns server.
But there is no messages in event log from what i saw.

[axessit]

You have to have the time synchronised between the server and XP machine. You also have to have the regional settings configured correctly. From a cmd prompt on your XP client, run

net time \\server /set

and synchronise your clocks. Roaming profiles won't work if your out of synch which is why you should always have the net time in your netlogon.bat. But, you need to let XP users have permission tpo change the time. Log on as XP local admin, run gpedit.msc, go to Computer Config->Windows Settings->Security Settings->Local Policies->User Rights Assignment and double click Change The System Time in RH pane. Add "Everyone" to your group. The regional settinsg need to be set correctly in both the SME and Windows as it is all affected by UTC recalculation as to the correct time stamps beiong applied to server and XP files.

[rikki_max]

Thanks I got it to work after a bit of modification on netlogon and group policies.
Now to get this to work on linux and mac agghhh lol.

[Stefano]

Thanks I got it to work after a bit of modification on netlogon and group policies.
Now to get this to work on linux and mac

could you share the modifications?

thank you