Re-arranging top post to bottom for ease of replying... On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 11:45 -0500, Jack Mendez wrote:
> On Mon, November 21, 2005 7:28 pm, Craig White said: > > On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 18:21 -0500, Jack Mendez wrote: > >> the profiles get saved ack to the samba machine no problem, its just > >> when > >> the user moves to a different machine that the correct profiles does not > >> get downloaded > >> the profiles are owned by username.group. > > ---- > > Then it would seem to me that the possibilities... > > > > the other machines aren't properly joined to the domain. > > or > > the profile that is on the system that is working is not set to roam at > > all...verify...Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Advanced->User > > Profiles->Settings > > > > Is the type for the user 'roaming' ? > > > > How about another user account on one of the other machines...log in, > > log out...does profile get saved to server? Does profile get loaded to > > first machine? > > ---- > i did verify that the profile was in fact a roaming profile > the profile downloads just fine from the system that we first logon too > with that user. ---- for clarity purposes, let's call this system A ---- > any changes made with the same user on the original system do get saved to > the server, i had a look in the /profiles/user name/Desktop directory for > files we placed on the desktop after logging off, the files are on the > server. ---- good - system A seems to have roaming profiles that save back onto server as expected ---- > when we go to another machine configured exactly the same way log on as > that same user not does the profile not load but what looks like a local > xp profile loads. ---- let's call this system B You can verify if profile is local or roaming using method I described above. You can verify if changes are saved to server in manner similar to how you tested the user on system A ---- > i also tried making a new user on the smb box logging on with the same > system which was displaying the wrong profile, and it woks fine, as long > as the profile gets downloaded from the same system that it initially > worked on, it seems to work fine. > i am stumped. ----- I am unclear here...you created a new user. Logged into system B with this user and profile is indeed 'roaming' as indicated by Start->Settings->Control Panels->System->Advanced->User Profiles- >Settings? And at logoff, the user profile is uploaded to samba server? If that is the case, what happens when you log on as that user on system A? Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
