On May 12, 2012, at 1:12 PM, steve wrote: > On 05/12/2012 09:57 PM, Jorell wrote: >> On 5/12/2012 8:54 AM, John Drescher wrote: >>> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Christian Meier<ch2...@arcor.de> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> we're using Samba 3.5.6 (Debian). >>>> >>>> Windows 7 clients often create new roaming profiles for existing users for >>>> no identifiable reason. Windows XP isn't affected. the end. >>>> >>>> Is this a known problem? >>>> >>> >>> I have never ever had that happen in the 2+ years I had windows 7 >>> machines on my samba based domain. >>> >>> John >> >> When Windows 7 creates the new profile is it creating %USERNAME%.V2? >> > Hi > Yes. That's what we observe. xp creates %USERNAME% and win7 creates the same > but with .V2 at the end. They are _extremely_ permission sensitive folders. > win7 seems unable to load the profile from the server if the hive at > NTUSER.DAT has been changed, e.g. even simply moved from one place to > another. One workaround we use is to put the profile in the home folder of > the user. Then it always seem to work. > HTH > Steve
The creation of a new profile with a .V2 extension is is a Windows 7 feature that prevents Windows 7 from overwriting incompatible settings in earlier Windows profile versions. Windows user profile folders need full permissions for the user and ownership by user. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
