The problem is not that the server profile is empty (i did that on purpose) the files get, and stay, there when i logout from the vista client
the problem is that windows deletes the clientside cached profile from c:\users\username, and also the relevant registry settings :( the mailinglist archive gave me some great pointers to speed up the login process though! 2010/8/18 David Mathog <[email protected]> > > I have a couple of Windows Vista Computers that i freshly (re)installed, > > updated to SP2 + all updates, and joined to my domain... > > i also got an empty profile on the server (the storage folder is > there, but > > there are no files inside) > > Read through this thread: > > http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba/2010-May/156130.html > > and see if anything in there helps. Note, use "sort by subject" and > read all entries in the thread, the thread links do not always find all > thread entries. > > Relevant parts of my smb.conf: > > logon script = scripts\everybody.bat > logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U\%a > domain logons = Yes > os level = 64 > preferred master = Yes > domain master = Yes > dns proxy = No > ldap ssl = no > csc policy = disable > hide files = /desktop.ini/Desktop.ini/ > > [netlogon] > comment = Contains login script which just mounts PDB area > path = /u1/usr/netlogon > > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > read only = No > create mask = 0700 > directory mask = 0700 > browseable = No > browsable = No > > [profiles] > comment = user's profile directories, by windows version > path = /u1/usr/profiles > read only = No > create mask = 0700 > directory mask = 0700 > browseable = No > browsable = No > profile acls = Yes > > > > Home directories are in /u1/usr/people, profiles are in > /u1/usr/profiles. For reasons I do not recall the file protections are > a little odd in profiles: > > ls -al profiles #edited to just show one user entry > total 16 > drwxr-xrwx 4 root root 4096 2010-05-27 09:48 ./ > drwxrwxr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-05-12 15:32 ../ > drwx------ 4 mathog biostaff 4096 2010-05-27 15:12 mathog/ > > > My everybody.bat file is irrelevant to your problem, all it does is > mount a data directory from the samba server. However, if you have a > script in there it could conceivably be causing problems if it causes > errors. > > Regards, > > David Mathog > [email protected] > Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
