On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, flinchlock wrote: > > If set in smb.conf and you use either tdbsam or ldapsam this will > > automatically map the users UNIX home directory to the drive letter > > specified _and_ will set the environment variable %HOMEDRIVE% on the > > workstation. > > So, I guess the only use for mapping this (HOME), is to allow a user > to share/access his/her *nix files on a Windows machine... right?
Correct. > Most? applications don't need/use a HOME directory... right? Correct. I do not know of a single Windows application that requires a home drive. I know many applications that store information in the users' profile though. > > The %HOMEPATH% is derived from the Windows registry variables. When > > you implement folder redirection (as I have documented in my new book > > "Samba-3 by Example" - can be ordered from Amazon.Com now) to redirect > > the user's desktop folder contents to network drives, then this > > environment variable will be changed also. > > I'm just a home user, and I'll wait until Samba 3.1.x is out... and > I *do* have an Amazon account. What is Samba-3.1.x? I am not aware that we have made any commitments to a 3.1.x release. We are planning a 3.0.3, however I should point out that 3.0.2a is looking good based on feedback so far. It will likely become known as a very stable reference release. > > But remember, roaming profiles are copied from the server to the local > > machine - no matter what - this always happens. It you have set > > Windows registry to delete roaming profiles on logout (a good > > practice) you will not see any remnants of the profile after the user > > has logged out. Otherwise, if roaming profiles are not set to delete > > on logout you will find a mirror of the roaming profile (temporary > > profile) under: > > > > C:\Documents and Settings\'username' and you will find that the > > matching environment parameters for this are: > > > > HOMEDRIVE=C: > > HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\'username' > > I'll need time to digest this. > > > You have been confusing two entirely different aspects of profile > > handling. There are two components: > > > > 1) Those that specify where windows obtains the profile to copy across > > the network to the client > > > > 2) The location of the working image of the desktop profile > > OK. I guess my definition of HOME needs to be re-thought about. When I > think about HOME, I think about the home dir field in /etc/passwd. > Seems like 'logon path' has NOTHING to-do with my thoughts about > what/where HOME is. I'll eventually figure it out... but I promise I > won't ask you any questions. Why? What was wrong with my answers? :) - John T. -- John H Terpstra Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
