I'd recommend trying USMT ( user state migration tool ) from Microsoft. It has options specifically for migrating local account data and settings to domain accounts. I have not used it for the purpose so more research would be advised before diving in.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Dennis McLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, in my domain, it's simply a matter of logging on as the domain user, > then doing the profile copy as described. > I get all of the user settings, documents, Outlook Profile, etc. > Just not cookies, passwords, etc. > I can open Outlook, but have to re-enter their login information do download > email (POP, not Exchange...). > Same on some websites. > Then there are permission issues, too. > I made a group, (other than domainusers) put my users in there, and made > that group part of the local administrators group. > Does the test user have Administrator permissions on the machine. > Not that you want to run this way, but a good way to test. > How about a domain user with NO local account. > Does that get you a new profile based off of the default profile? With or > without the other issues? > Good luck.... > Dennis > > The whole thread I gave may be better than that particular message I pointed > you at.: > > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/browse_thread/thread/42370eda9bdb > 3ef0/9c8b4de804545326?#9c8b4de804545326 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ryan Steele > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:19 PM > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [Samba] Desktops for non-roaming profiles > > Hi Dennis, > > > Dennis McLeod wrote: > > Are you trying to use the EXISTING profile on the machine? > > Yeah... > > > It's not going to be as seamless as you would like. > > > > Darn. :-) > > > Basically, you will have to sit in front of each machine, join it to > > the domain, log in as the user into the domain to create the local > > profile), reboot (to free up the user profile - logging out doesn't > > work), log in as administrator, look at c:\documents and settings to > > get the name of the new profile (usually the username appended with a > > .domainname), then right click on My computer, properties, advanced, > > user profiles, highlight the old profile, copy to button, point it at > > the new user profile, change permissions to the new user (or if it's a > generic profile, use "everyone"). > > Then, log back out, and in as the NEW domain user, and see what you get. > > > > It does seem to copy the desktop items (and probably other things as well), > but drops me in to C:\, and I get weird behaviors. It's unable to load the > Windows Classic theme (I get the error "The theme could not load. > Unspecified error."), and exhibits odd behaviors (loading the XP theme turns > the XP theme off, for example). The permissions look right to me... > > > It will not copy cookies or passwords (Outlook) so those will need to > > be fixed. > > > > How about background, appearance, etc.? None of those are preserved in my > tests, though it probably has to do with the aforementioned problem > (defaulting to C:\). > > > Microsoft has a user migration tool which is supposed to do this, but > > it doesn't work, IMHO. > > > > I chose to migrate a few, and rebuild a few. It might take me a year, > > but they'll get moved, eventually. > > > > Also, I had to set local machine policy to "Only allow local profiles" > > and "Prevent Roaming profile changes from Propagating to the server": > > > > Yeah, that helped. > > > Start, Run, gpedit.msc, "Computer Configuration", "Administrative > > Templates", "system", User Profiles". > > registry string: > > > > Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 > > > > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System] > > "LocalProfile"=dword:00000001 > > "ReadOnlyProfile"=dword:00000001 > > > > > > This might be why it's going to \TEMP. XP want's to pull down a > > roaming policy, but there exists none..... > > > > > > I think that may be the case as well. > > > If that's the case I would suspect you won't have the second > > (.domainname) profile in c:\documents and settings.... > > > > Until I changed those two entries, you're right I didn't. > > > > > If you have a local user named bob, and a domain user named bob, and > > bob already has a local profile, if you log into the domain as bob, > > you should get a second profile named bob.domainname...... > > > > > > HTH, > > Dennis > > > > > > Here's another reference: > > http://groups.google.com/group/linux.samba/msg/9c8b4de804545326 > > > > > > > > That didn't seem to fly for me either. > > I'm interested to hear what you think with regards to it dropping me to C:\. > The user DOMAINNAME\bob has privileges to access C:\Documents and > Settings\bob.DOMAINNAME, which I overwrote with the existing profile using > the Windows profile copy mechanism. > > Thanks for your assistance thus far. > > Ryan > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
