there are some limitations.... kixtart cant write certain values to parts the registry that are protected but just for folder redirection its great :)
although with win7 you will probably run into some problems with the adobe installer that is refusing to work, because of the folder redirection samba 4 isnt an work enviroment option, since it is still in alpha 2010/8/22 Abe Lau <[email protected] <abelau%[email protected]>> > On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 2:48 PM, German Molano <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 21/08/2010 10:54 p.m., Abe Lau wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> I have read that Windows 7 is using a new admx format and that it is not > >> compatible with the old-school poledit. If I would like to stick with a > >> Samba PDC, is there any elegant way to get Windows 7 client to obey the > >> folder redirection(and possibly other rules) set using poledit& > >> NTConfig.pol? > >> > >> Yes there is a way to do folder redirection with kixtart tools you can > > write directly to the Windows Registry modyfing the Workstation Settings. > > > > In your netlogon start up script call kix32 runtime with your own script > > with some values like these: > > > > $UserShellFolders = > > > "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User > > Shell Folders" > > WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "Personal", "H:\Documents", "REG_SZ") > > WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "AppData", "H:\.winsettings\appdata", > > "REG_SZ") > > WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "Desktop", "H:\WinDesktop", "REG_SZ") > > WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "My Music", "H:\Music", "REG_SZ") > > WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "My Pictures", "H:\Pictures", "REG_SZ") > > WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "My Video", "H:\Videos", "REG_SZ") > > WriteValue($UserShellFolders, "{374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B}", > > "H:\Downloads", "REG_SZ") > > > > > > > > I have been searching the mailing list, but there doesn't seems to be > much > >> detailed information on how to get Windows 7 to integrate nicely with a > >> Samba PDC. Any insights? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Abe > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > > > Thanks German Molano. > > That may seems to be a viable solution. By the way, the webpage doesn't > mention Windows 7 being supported? Is the webpage just outdated? > > Not knowing much about kixtart, does it mean that I could replace > everything > in NTConfig.pol with a kixtart script? That would be an elegant solution > before Samba4 is ready I suppose :-) > > Abe > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
