Did you copy using File Manager or Windows 2000 Profile Manager? The latter seems to work far better, aside from the aforementioned snags. I used the former and had to do it all over.
Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dan Gapinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [Samba] Migrating Profiles: Revisited > That almost works. I ran into a few different things, but it almost works. > > Basically, this is what I did; > > 1) Joined the computer to the domain with the correct account > 2) logged into the domain with the user (this created the initial profile > on the local machine) > 3) logged back into the machine with the local administrator account (did > not log into the domain) > 4) verified the new profile was local, which it was > 5) navigated to c:\documents and settings (all machines are Windows 2000) > 6) in there, there were two profiles: testuser and testuser.PDCSERVER > (.PDCSERVER was the newly created profile when the user first logs into the > domain) > 7) I copied all the contents of testuser folder into the testuser.PDCSERVER > folder > > When I logged back in, it seemed like it was working, but ran into a few snags. > > 1) The background image did not copy over > 2) It wanted me to re-establish my network connection > > I'm not exactly sure why it did that, but it does. > > Seems like a lot of work to make sure my users are using local profiles. > You would think there would be a easier way to do this. > Is there another way to do this, or is this the only way? > > Thanks! > > Jason > > At 03:39 PM 5/29/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >I was in the same boat as you , and found an easy way to do this. So long as > >you have a PDC that resists roaming profiles, it should go like this: > > 1) Join the computer and log on with the domain account. > > 2) Log off the domain account and log on again as administrator (I think > >I used the local admin, though it shouldn't matter). > > 3) Go to where you manage the profiles in System Properties, and set the > >new profile (marked by the domain name) to Local if it isn't already, and > >then copy the previous workgroup/local profile to the place on your HD where > >the new domain local profile is. > > > >That's it. When you log on, it should be back, though I did have problems > >with losing Outlook account passwords (I hate that program) and a bug in > >Office 2K prevents you from opening graphics using Photo Editor, but there > >is a M$ KB article on that, as it gives you a specific error that you will > >find an easy search result for (I'm just forgetting what it is). > > > >My best, > >Dan Gapinski > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Jason Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 2:53 PM > >Subject: [Samba] Migrating Profiles: Revisited > > > > > > > Hello everyone. > > > > > > Well, i've tried to figure this out on my own by asking questions and > > > reading the how-to provided by John. > > > I've followed the directions accordingly, but there are a few catches i've > > > noticed that seem to be throwing me a curve or to. > > > > > > Let me recap. Basically, i've setup our samba PDC with LDAP. I originally > > > was going to use roaming profiles, but decided against it this morning as > >I > > > felt it would not benefit us for what we are doing. So I decided to stick > > > with local profiles. > > > > > > Now, as it is at this moment, each user logs into their workstation and > > > uses their local profile. Our network is currenty setup in a peer-to-peer. > > > But, soon, everyone will be joining the domain. > > > > > > It is at this point, that I want to make sure that once the computer has > > > been joined to the domain and the user logs onto the domain, that user(s) > > > will continue to use their original local profile. > > > > > > According to the How-To, I need to disable roaming profiles, which I have > > > done in smb.conf. > > > Also, I was told that I need to copy the users local profile as in the > > > .pdf, chapter 22, 2.2.4. > > > > > > My question is, if im going to copy the profile to a certain location > >(lets > > > say c:\profiletest), that is no problem. The problem I am failing to > > > understand is how to make sure, when the user logs on, they will be able > >to > > > use that profile. > > > > > > I dont need to copy the profile to the PDC since I am not using roaming > > > profiles. > > > > > > I've tried copying the profile to a temp location on the local computer, > > > but when I log in with my testuser, into the domain, it creates a new > > > profile and does not use my original local profile. > > > > > > So i'm missing a step somewhere on how to get the original local profile > > > back up and running when the user logs into the domain. > > > > > > I apologize if this seems redundant, but im very close to getting this > > > solved and moving along to my next task. > > > > > > I appreciate everyones input. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Jason > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba