This worked. I am just having trouble with the profile I copied over to my server. It seems like something got screwed up in the copy over. My desktop and Start Menu, well all my windows as a matter of fact look like win 2k instead of xp. And none of my settings I configured before I copied it over came over.
The profile is fine until I copy it to my server. I tried it on a bunch of xp machines as the default and it works fine. But the profile is there and it is working like a mandatory profile which is cool.....thanx for the help......anyone have any ideas on my current problem?? Thanx Derrick Seymour On 3/9/04 1:09 AM, "Stumpfl Markus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I posted just a sec before: > > Create a so called mandatory profile: > Copy you "perfect" user profile into a new directory (of course in the > "profiles" path) with the name 'users.man' and rename the 'ntuser.dat' > to 'ntuser.man'. And of course you have to change the smb.conf like > 'logon path = \\%L\profiles\users.man' > > Now the users CAN configure the desktop and everything but it will not > be saved! It's working perfectly for me (up to now at least :-)) > > Beware though: I don't know what happens with the "My Documents" Folder, > so I would let it point into the 'real' users home directory. In Windows > I've created the profile it should look like, pointed the Outlook-file > and the home-dir. to the users path (i.e. 'z:'), copied this profile > onto the server and now hopefully all important data will be stored, > except the profile. > > cheers > > Markus > > I know, this too is a roaming profile, but because it's mandatory and > needn't be compared (local <-> server), it's loading a lot faster! (on > my slower machines even faster than a temp. local profile, because > creating that takes some time!) > > > >> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- >> Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im >> Auftrag von Derrick Seymour >> Gesendet: Montag, 08. M�rz 2004 20:21 >> An: Samba >> Betreff: Re: [Samba] WinXP Profiles >> >> On 3/8/04 11:48 AM, "Joe Cipale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Derrick Seymour wrote: >>>> >>>> Does anyone know how to edit smb.conf so that a users profile won't > be >> saved >>>> upon log out? Or how to get it done any other way? >>>> >>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----- >>>> >>>> Derrick Seymour >>>> Administrative Services >>>> Northeastern Regional Information Center >>>> Capital Region BOCES >>>> >>>> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ----- >>>> >>>> -- >>>> To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the >>>> instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba >>> >>> Derrick, >>> >>> What is it, exactly, you are attempting to do? >>> I can come up with a solution based on your pre-requisites. >>> >>> Joe >> >> >> >> Joe, >> >> I have a MacOSX 10.3 server with a bunch of WinXP clients. I'm trying > to >> get my users, using the xp box, to authenticate to my server. But I > don't >> want roaming profiles, takes to long to log-in/out. I have it > working, >> have >> had it working a bunch of different ways. Currently I have two errors >> messages upon log-on, saying >> >> - can't find Roaming profile, attempting to log with local profile >> - unable to locate local profile >> >> It then logs on using the default user profile (exactly what I want) > but I >> don't want the users to receive those errors. >> >> I have tried multiple configurations, I have got the errors to go > away, >> but >> I would have to have local profiles for every user in my school, which >> wouldn't be the preferred way of doing what I want. >> >> I'm looking to have users log on to my xp boxes with the default user >> profile, or have there own created when they log on from the default > user >> profile. But have no changes they make to it saved. I'm going to > have >> deep >> freeze install on the machines so if settings have to be saved locally >> it's >> no biggy cause deep freeze will take care of that. >> >> I'm open for any suggestions or ideas.... >> >> Thanx >> >> Derrick >> >> -- >> 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
