Besides: [Samba] Roaming profiles on a small network
Hi all, I don't know if it's of interest... when we were using home or profile shares with outlook.pst files, we had massive trouble with either shares breaking away or *.pst files getting corrupted. I can't tell the difference between shares of the [home]/[profile] sections and standard shares [<...>] but we fixed the problem by setting up individual user shares (one user == one section). Appearently we don't have the trouble now, we had before... CU Dirk - Original Message - From: Matthew Easton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:54 am Subject: Re: [Samba] Roaming profiles on a small network > On Sunday 14 March 2004 05:20, Matt Janes wrote: > Im having > > great diffiuculty synching the data, email, etc on my laptop and > desktop,> so I thought I might configure samba to act as a DC and > use roaming > > profiles to make sure that my data is always synched. My > question is this: > > is it worth the effort? > > If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express for email, roaming > profiles in > their default configuration won't help you unless you are also > doing all your > mail via imap, (or perhaps running a corporate MS Exchange > server). That's > because there is a hidden "Local Settings" folder in your profile > that does > not get synched with the server--- and that's where the email data > store > lives. So you must move your outlook.pst file into "My Documents" > or > somewhere that DOES sync. This can work with Outlook, but I'm not > sure > whether you can do this sort of thing with Outlook Express. And I > don't know > if this exposes you to a greater likelihood of data corruption > down the line. > Some other mail clients (Eudora for sure) will by default store > data in a > syncable location. > > Roaming profiles can be annoying when your computers are very > different from > each other -- On one or the other machine, you may have startup > items that > generate error messages, and task bar shortcuts that don't work, > for example. > > In my experience, roaming profile users occasionally find that > they are unable > to download or upload their profiles due to 'file in use' errors, > or filename > weirdness (usually netscape cache files, but also favorites, or > email > attachments.) As the administrator of your LAN, you will be able > to resolve > these issues by moving or renaming the offending files so you > should consider > this a minor inconvenience rather than a deal-killer. > > > -- > 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
Re: [Samba] Roaming profiles on a small network
On Sunday 14 March 2004 05:20, Matt Janes wrote: Im having > great diffiuculty synching the data, email, etc on my laptop and desktop, > so I thought I might configure samba to act as a DC and use roaming > profiles to make sure that my data is always synched. My question is this: > is it worth the effort? If you are using Outlook or Outlook Express for email, roaming profiles in their default configuration won't help you unless you are also doing all your mail via imap, (or perhaps running a corporate MS Exchange server). That's because there is a hidden "Local Settings" folder in your profile that does not get synched with the server--- and that's where the email data store lives. So you must move your outlook.pst file into "My Documents" or somewhere that DOES sync. This can work with Outlook, but I'm not sure whether you can do this sort of thing with Outlook Express. And I don't know if this exposes you to a greater likelihood of data corruption down the line. Some other mail clients (Eudora for sure) will by default store data in a syncable location. Roaming profiles can be annoying when your computers are very different from each other -- On one or the other machine, you may have startup items that generate error messages, and task bar shortcuts that don't work, for example. In my experience, roaming profile users occasionally find that they are unable to download or upload their profiles due to 'file in use' errors, or filename weirdness (usually netscape cache files, but also favorites, or email attachments.) As the administrator of your LAN, you will be able to resolve these issues by moving or renaming the offending files so you should consider this a minor inconvenience rather than a deal-killer. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
AW: [Samba] Roaming profiles on a small network
Well, configuring samba as a pdc typically is not a great deal (I'm a noob too) but if you're running into problems, you can get mad real easy :/ But I would try it. Markus > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Matt Janes > Gesendet: Sonntag, 14. März 2004 14:20 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [Samba] Roaming profiles on a small network > > Hi list, > > I intend to run an old pentium 133 as a linux-based fileserver on my home > network (I have to use windows for my main machine and laptop!) Im having > great diffiuculty synching the data, email, etc on my laptop and desktop, > so > I thought I might configure samba to act as a DC and use roaming profiles > to > make sure that my data is always synched. My question is this: is it > worth > the effort? Do you have any experience of doing so? Im not talking about > a > huge network here, literally just 2 machines. Obviously I couldnt log > onto > both machines at once, and Id have to be sure to log on and off with the > laptop after a trip away from base so as to upload all relevant data to > the > server before logging onto to the desktop. > > Im not asking for actual technical help (im a linux/samba newbie, just in > case that wasnt obvious ;-) ), but more your thoughts on whether this > would > be feasible/suitable > > TIA > > Matt > > > > -- > 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
Re: [Samba] Roaming profiles on a small network
On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Matt Janes wrote: > Hi list, > > I intend to run an old pentium 133 as a linux-based fileserver on my home > network (I have to use windows for my main machine and laptop!) Im having > great diffiuculty synching the data, email, etc on my laptop and desktop, so > I thought I might configure samba to act as a DC and use roaming profiles to > make sure that my data is always synched. Last summer I did a setup like this for learning purposes on a P75 with 16MB RAM and it worked (not really fast of course, but it was ok.). It even worked with more then two machines and users. > My question is this: is it worth > the effort? Yes, if you want to learn something about Linux and networking, but this will need some time and a lot of trial and error. The simplier way would be to use a webmail account and to save your files on a USB stick, which can be plugged in and out everywhere. Regards, Uli. +-+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | - Wuppertal - | | Germany | +-+ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Roaming profiles on a small network
Hi list, I intend to run an old pentium 133 as a linux-based fileserver on my home network (I have to use windows for my main machine and laptop!) Im having great diffiuculty synching the data, email, etc on my laptop and desktop, so I thought I might configure samba to act as a DC and use roaming profiles to make sure that my data is always synched. My question is this: is it worth the effort? Do you have any experience of doing so? Im not talking about a huge network here, literally just 2 machines. Obviously I couldnt log onto both machines at once, and Id have to be sure to log on and off with the laptop after a trip away from base so as to upload all relevant data to the server before logging onto to the desktop. Im not asking for actual technical help (im a linux/samba newbie, just in case that wasnt obvious ;-) ), but more your thoughts on whether this would be feasible/suitable TIA Matt -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
