On Sat April 10 2010 06:39, r...@gmx.at wrote: > Hello > > @Damien > I remove nt-profile.v2 and deleted all server profiles in Win7 but > I still was logged on using a temporary profile. I found a msg in > sambalog like: service [nt-profile.v2] not found > > @Linda > I made the same experince. There was never a profile <username>.V2 > referenced and used. > > Now I'm fully confused in that topic. I my test environment (1 PDC, > 1 WinXP and 1 Win7 virtual machines), I was able to logon with win7 > using a server profile with just <username>. The profile was newly > created and empty and samba had defined a [nt-profile.v2] share. > The same settings don't work in my production environment. I have > the same settings, defined a new user but Win7 is logging on using > a temp profile. I set log level to 4, inspected all messages but > couldn't find any reason why a temp profile. > > Does someone have a good tip for me for further investigation or a > reason? > > This there a link available "How to setup samba with win 7 > clients"? > > regards robert > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > > Datum: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:37:34 +0100 > > Von: Damien Dye <damien.j....@googlemail.com> > > An: r...@gmx.at > > CC: samba@lists.samba.org > > Betreff: Re: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile > > between WinXP and Win7 > > > > Robert > > > > remove the .V2 share and then remove your profiles from vista/win > > 7 at this > > reg key > > > > HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList > > > > then all will work as expected. > > > > > > -- > > Damien Dye BSC(hon) > > > > On 4 April 2010 16:15, <r...@gmx.at> wrote: > > > Hello Christian > > > This what I expected with Win7 clients. But in my case XP and 7 > > > are > > > > using > > > > > the same profile (which shouldn't be), but from different > > > shares. It > > > > seems > > > > > XP is connecting to the profiles via my share [nt-profile] and > > > Win7 via share [nt-profile.v2]. If i comment [nt-profile.v2], > > > Win7 cannot connect > > > > to > > > > > the profile (it starts always with an temporary profile). My > > > > <username>.V2 > > > > > profiles are still empty. I never saw an logentry pointing to > > > > <username>.V2. > > > > > Several hits in google answers just to create/copy a > > > <username>.V2 > > > > directory > > > > > and that's it. Which didn't work for me. [nt-profile.v2] was > > > just a > > > > guess > > > > > due to entries from the samba logs. The only possibility I see, > > > is to > > > > define > > > > > "path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u.V2" (or something similar) > > > in [nt-profile.v2] to differentiate between XP and 7. Who is > > > adding the v2 extension? Is it samba or Win7? > > > I'm running Samba 3.4.3. > > > > > > regards Robert > > > > > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > > > > > > Datum: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:40 +0200 (CEST) > > > > Von: Christian Rost <c...@rocon-it.de> > > > > An: r...@gmx.at > > > > CC: samba@lists.samba.org > > > > Betreff: RE: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile > > > > between > > > > WinXP > > > > > and Win7 > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > IMHO both profiles can stay within the same share, so you > > > > don't need a separate .v2 share. It's the same with Windows > > > > 2003 Server and a > > > > mixture > > > > > of > > > > > > > XP/ Vista/Seven Clients. > > > > > > > > What you need to keep in mind is that Windows XP profiles are > > > > not compatible with Vista/Seven profiles - hence the ".v2" > > > > suffix and > > > > they're > > > > > > completely different profiles. When you're logging into > > > > Vista/Seven > > > > for > > > > > the first > > > > > > > time, your exisitng pre-Vista profile will be converted and > > > > will be > > > > > > renamed > > > > > > > to <username>.v2. Each time you're logging into Vista/ Seven > > > > the "<username>.v2" profile will be updated, and each time > > > > you're logging > > > > > > into XP your > > > > > > > "<username>" profile will be updated. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > =========================================================== > > > > Dipl.-Ing. Christian Rost > > > > roCon - Informationstechnologie > > > > Glatzer Weg 4 > > > > > > > > 44534 Lünen > > > > > > > > fon: +49 (0) 2306 910 658 > > > > fax: +49 (0) 2306 910 664 > > > > url: http://www.rocon-it.de > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------r...@gmx.at wrote-------- > > > > Subject: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile > > > > between WinXP and Win7 > > > > Date: 03.04.2010 17:02 > > > > > > > > >Hello > > > > >I want to add Win7 machine to my Samba PDC with WinXP > > > > > clients. Google tells me I have to add a .V2 to my > > > > > profiles. The samba log ask about > > > > a > > > > > > .v2 > > > > > > > > >share. > > > > >Can someone explain me the difference of the v2 extension at > > > > > the > > > > profile > > > > > > >names and the roaming profile share? > > > > >Following my settings: > > > > > > > > > >smb.conf: > > > > >[global] > > > > > logon path = \\%L\nt-profile > > > > > logon home = \\%L\nt-profile > > > > > > > > > >[nt-profile] > > > > > comment = Client Profiles > > > > > path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u > > > > > read only = No > > > > > create mask = 0600 > > > > > directory mask = 0700 > > > > > > > > > >[nt-profile.v2] > > > > > comment = Client Profiles > > > > > path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u > > > > > read only = No > > > > > create mask = 0600 > > > > > directory mask = 0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >ls -l /BUERO/samba/nt-profile > > > > >drwsrwsr-x 24 kira users 4096 2010-04-03 16:16 kira > > > > >drwxr-sr-x 2 kira users 4096 2010-04-02 18:59 kira.V2 > > > > > > > > > >These are 2 empty profiles. > > > > >I logged on to user kira with an XP client, set the > > > > > background colour > > > > to > > > > > > >green and logged of. Profile kira was filled with data. Now > > > > > I logged > > > > on > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > >user kira with an Win7 client, the background was black. I > > > > > set the background to yellow and logged of. The profile > > > > > kira.V2 is still > > > > empty. > > > > > > >Finally I logged on to kira with XP and the background was > > > > > yellow. So > > > > > > > > Win7 > > > > > > > > >and XP are using the same profile, which should be if I > > > > > understand > > > > "mr. > > > > > > >google" right. I thought I just had to copy the roaming > > > > > profiles to a profile with extension .V2. > > > > > > > > > >I found following in the samba log during Win7 logon: > > > > > > > > > >get_referred_path: |nt-profile.V2| in dfs path > > > > \testserver\nt-profile.V2 > > > > > > >is not a dfs root. > > > > > > > > > >Connect path is '/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira' for service > > > > > > > > [nt-profile.v2] > > > > > > > > >connect to service nt-profile.v2 initially as user kira > > > > > (uid=524, > > > > > > > > gid=100) > > > > > > > > >(pid 12087) > > > > > > > > > >reduce_name [.] [/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Further, there is a reference to nt-profile.V2 (uppercase > > > > > V2) and > > > > next a > > > > > > >connect to nt-profile.v2 (lowercase v2). What is the > > > > > difference? > > > > > > Finally, > > > > > > > >the profile kira is used and not kira.V2. Why? > > > > > > > > > >Can someone explain me the correct setup of samba for Win7 > > > > > clients? > > > > > > > > > >regards robert > > > > >-- > > > > >Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. Die aktuellen > > > > > Internet-Browser - jetzt kostenlos herunterladen! > > > > > http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser -- > > > > >To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and > > > > > read the instructions: > > > > > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > > > > > -- > > > Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. Die aktuellen > > > Internet-Browser - jetzt kostenlos herunterladen! > > > http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser -- > > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read > > > the instructions: > > > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read > > the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba > > -- > Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. 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Use Regedit an check the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList. Find the SID for the user and look at the value of CentralProfile. You may need to change this to point to the correct path. You should see something like <servername>\\profiles\<username>.V2 . (or what matches your logon path sans the V2) If the profile actually exists on the server, you could just delete the entire key for that SID and a new key will be created correctly at the next logon. -- PV "We have met the enemy and he is us"; Pogo -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba