On Friday 26 August 2005 11:44, Geert Stappers wrote: > Hello, > > Due the trees, I can't see the forest. > > I understand the concept of home directories on the file server > becoming a share for the user on the smb-client computer. > > I have a vague idea of "profiles", but I'm lost at "profdata". > How does that last one fit in? Where can I read more about it? > (profdata is common keyword on the search engines) > > Is there a document that describes the logon proces? > (less detailed that the source code of samba? ;-)
Geert, This has nothing to do with the login process. I used the 'profdat' share as an example in my book "Samba-3 By Example" to demonstrate how it is possible to implement folder redirection. Check chapter 5 of my book, available on-line at: http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-ByExample.pdf Folder redirection makes the loading of roaming profiles snappy and fast because it is not necessary to transfer the entire contents of the profile folders over the network. Also, because the profile is reduced to a very basic information set, it is possible to do away with roaming profiles and instead just have a global Network Default User profile that uses folder redirection. Again, read through chapter 5. - John T. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
