Also information about the differences and workarounds using profile redirection can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile
-- Damien Dye BSC(hon) On 9 April 2010 16:20, Damien Dye <damien.j....@googlemail.com> wrote: > Also > > please define your profiles path like > > logon path = \\%L\nt-profile\%U > > Regards > > -- > Damien Dye BSC(hon) > > > > On 9 April 2010 16:17, Damien Dye <damien.j....@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Humm >> >> right ok lets see if we can fix it what should happen is that the share >> should be connected too and there should be a list of profiles. >> >> Please define share defined as >> >> >> [nt-profile] >> comment = Client Profiles >> path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile >> read only = No >> create mask = 0600 >> directory mask = 0700 >> >> this should create a folder and all the profiles should be listed inside >> one username and another username.V2 >> >> Also what is the profile path assigned to users. >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> -- >> Damien Dye BSC(hon) >> >> >> >> >> On 9 April 2010 15:58, Rhshshgs Sdasdad <r...@gmx.at> wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> @Damien >>> I remove nt-profile.v2 and deleted all server profiles in Win7 but I >>> still was logged on using a temporary profile. >>> I found a msg in sambalog like: service [nt-profile.v2] not found >>> >>> @Linda >>> I made the same experince. There was never a profile <username>.V2 >>> referenced and used. >>> >>> Now I'm fully confused in that topic. I my test environment (1 PDC, 1 >>> WinXP and 1 Win7 virtual machines), I was able to logon with win7 using a >>> server profile with just <username>. The profile was newly created and empty >>> and samba had defined a [nt-profile.v2] share. >>> The same settings don't work in my production environment. I have the >>> same settings, defined a new user but Win7 is logging on using a temp >>> profile. I set log level to 4, inspected all messages but couldn't find any >>> reason why a temp profile. >>> >>> Does someone have a good tip for me for further investigation or a >>> reason? >>> >>> This there a link available "How to setup samba with win 7 clients"? >>> >>> regards robert >>> >>> -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >>> > Datum: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:37:34 +0100 >>> > Von: Damien Dye <damien.j....@googlemail.com> >>> > An: r...@gmx.at >>> > CC: samba@lists.samba.org >>> > Betreff: Re: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between >>> WinXP and Win7 >>> >>> > Robert >>> > >>> > remove the .V2 share and then remove your profiles from vista/win 7 at >>> > this >>> > reg key >>> > >>> > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList >>> > >>> > then all will work as expected. >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Damien Dye BSC(hon) >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On 4 April 2010 16:15, <r...@gmx.at> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Hello Christian >>> > > This what I expected with Win7 clients. But in my case XP and 7 are >>> > using >>> > > the same profile (which shouldn't be), but from different shares. It >>> > seems >>> > > XP is connecting to the profiles via my share [nt-profile] and Win7 >>> via >>> > > share [nt-profile.v2]. If i comment [nt-profile.v2], Win7 cannot >>> connect >>> > to >>> > > the profile (it starts always with an temporary profile). My >>> > <username>.V2 >>> > > profiles are still empty. I never saw an logentry pointing to >>> > <username>.V2. >>> > > Several hits in google answers just to create/copy a <username>.V2 >>> > directory >>> > > and that's it. Which didn't work for me. [nt-profile.v2] was just a >>> > guess >>> > > due to entries from the samba logs. The only possibility I see, is to >>> > define >>> > > "path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u.V2" (or something similar) in >>> > > [nt-profile.v2] to differentiate between XP and 7. Who is adding the >>> v2 >>> > > extension? Is it samba or Win7? >>> > > I'm running Samba 3.4.3. >>> > > >>> > > regards Robert >>> > > >>> > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >>> > > > Datum: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:40 +0200 (CEST) >>> > > > Von: Christian Rost <c...@rocon-it.de> >>> > > > An: r...@gmx.at >>> > > > CC: samba@lists.samba.org >>> > > > Betreff: RE: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between >>> > WinXP >>> > > and Win7 >>> > > >>> > > > Hi, >>> > > > >>> > > > IMHO both profiles can stay within the same share, so you don't >>> need a >>> > > > separate .v2 share. It's the same with Windows 2003 Server and a >>> > mixture >>> > > of >>> > > > XP/ Vista/Seven Clients. >>> > > > >>> > > > What you need to keep in mind is that Windows XP profiles are not >>> > > > compatible with Vista/Seven profiles - hence the ".v2" suffix and >>> > they're >>> > > > completely different profiles. When you're logging into Vista/Seven >>> > for >>> > > the first >>> > > > time, your exisitng pre-Vista profile will be converted and will be >>> > > renamed >>> > > > to <username>.v2. Each time you're logging into Vista/ Seven the >>> > > > "<username>.v2" profile will be updated, and each time you're >>> logging >>> > > into XP your >>> > > > "<username>" profile will be updated. >>> > > > >>> > > > Cheers, >>> > > > >>> > > > Christian >>> > > > >>> > > > =========================================================== >>> > > > Dipl.-Ing. Christian Rost >>> > > > roCon - Informationstechnologie >>> > > > Glatzer Weg 4 >>> > > > >>> > > > 44534 Lünen >>> > > > >>> > > > fon: +49 (0) 2306 910 658 >>> > > > fax: +49 (0) 2306 910 664 >>> > > > url: http://www.rocon-it.de >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > --------r...@gmx.at wrote-------- >>> > > > Subject: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between >>> WinXP >>> > > > and Win7 >>> > > > Date: 03.04.2010 17:02 >>> > > > >>> > > > >Hello >>> > > > >I want to add Win7 machine to my Samba PDC with WinXP clients. >>> Google >>> > > > >tells me I have to add a .V2 to my profiles. The samba log ask >>> about >>> > a >>> > > > .v2 >>> > > > >share. >>> > > > >Can someone explain me the difference of the v2 extension at the >>> > profile >>> > > > >names and the roaming profile share? >>> > > > >Following my settings: >>> > > > > >>> > > > >smb.conf: >>> > > > >[global] >>> > > > > logon path = \\%L\nt-profile >>> > > > > logon home = \\%L\nt-profile >>> > > > > >>> > > > >[nt-profile] >>> > > > > comment = Client Profiles >>> > > > > path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u >>> > > > > read only = No >>> > > > > create mask = 0600 >>> > > > > directory mask = 0700 >>> > > > > >>> > > > >[nt-profile.v2] >>> > > > > comment = Client Profiles >>> > > > > path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u >>> > > > > read only = No >>> > > > > create mask = 0600 >>> > > > > directory mask = 0700 >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > >ls -l /BUERO/samba/nt-profile >>> > > > >drwsrwsr-x 24 kira users 4096 2010-04-03 16:16 kira >>> > > > >drwxr-sr-x 2 kira users 4096 2010-04-02 18:59 kira.V2 >>> > > > > >>> > > > >These are 2 empty profiles. >>> > > > >I logged on to user kira with an XP client, set the background >>> colour >>> > to >>> > > > >green and logged of. Profile kira was filled with data. Now I >>> logged >>> > on >>> > > > to >>> > > > >user kira with an Win7 client, the background was black. I set the >>> > > > >background to yellow and logged of. The profile kira.V2 is still >>> > empty. >>> > > > >Finally I logged on to kira with XP and the background was yellow. >>> So >>> > > > Win7 >>> > > > >and XP are using the same profile, which should be if I understand >>> > "mr. >>> > > > >google" right. I thought I just had to copy the roaming profiles >>> to a >>> > > > >profile with extension .V2. >>> > > > > >>> > > > >I found following in the samba log during Win7 logon: >>> > > > > : >>> > > > >get_referred_path: |nt-profile.V2| in dfs path >>> > \testserver\nt-profile.V2 >>> > > > >is not a dfs root. >>> > > > > : >>> > > > >Connect path is '/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira' for service >>> > > > [nt-profile.v2] >>> > > > > : >>> > > > >connect to service nt-profile.v2 initially as user kira (uid=524, >>> > > > gid=100) >>> > > > >(pid 12087) >>> > > > > : >>> > > > >reduce_name [.] [/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira] >>> > > > > : >>> > > > > >>> > > > >Further, there is a reference to nt-profile.V2 (uppercase V2) and >>> > next a >>> > > > >connect to nt-profile.v2 (lowercase v2). What is the difference? >>> > > Finally, >>> > > > >the profile kira is used and not kira.V2. Why? >>> > > > > >>> > > > >Can someone explain me the correct setup of samba for Win7 >>> clients? >>> > > > > >>> > > > >regards robert >>> > > > >-- >>> > > > >Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. Die aktuellen Internet-Browser >>> - >>> > > > >jetzt kostenlos herunterladen! >>> http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser >>> > > > >-- >>> > > > >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >>> > > > >instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba >>> > > > > >>> > > >>> > > -- >>> > > Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. 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