Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-20 Thread Thierry Lacoste
you may put pst files on a samba share, as the place where they get hosted is free configurable in outlook i e. you can setup their default place with an adm to users home which has normally nothing to do with profile share but as default a pst file can only be opened by one user at the same

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-20 Thread Miguel Medalha
Are there any recommandations about the maximum size of a pst file hosted on a samba server ? The maximum ANSI size of a pst file is 2GB even on Windows. It can be bigger with Unicode but it is not recommended for performance reasons. This article explains it: How to configure the size

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-20 Thread Martin Konold
Am Donnerstag, 20. November 2008 21:36:17 schrieb Thierry Lacoste: Hi, Are there any recommandations about the maximum size of a pst file hosted on a samba server ? Simply don't do it. There are technical reasons why this is unreliable, dangerious and generally not recommended. see also:

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-20 Thread Robert Schetterer
Thierry Lacoste schrieb: you may put pst files on a samba share, as the place where they get hosted is free configurable in outlook i e. you can setup their default place with an adm to users home which has normally nothing to do with profile share but as default a pst file can only be

RE: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-20 Thread L.P.H. van Belle
. Louis -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Robert Schetterer Verzonden: vrijdag 21 november 2008 1:17 Aan: Thierry Lacoste CC: samba@lists.samba.org Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles? Thierry Lacoste schrieb: you may put pst

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-19 Thread Robert Schetterer
Ong Chin Kiat schrieb: Hi list, I'm trying to migrate from a workgroup based Samba server to a domain based Samba server. I need the following features - Roaming profiles - LDAP based user administration / authentication I think the LDAP part is mostly doable, though I do foresee some

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-19 Thread Adam Williams
it can be done, read pages 209-213 of samba 3 by example.pdf. you can redirect the PST files to a network share, or modify the registry to carry the local settings directory (by default it doesn't) but this will lead to large profiles and users asking why its taking a long time to log in/out.

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-19 Thread John Drescher
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Ong Chin Kiat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I'm trying to migrate from a workgroup based Samba server to a domain based Samba server. I need the following features - Roaming profiles - LDAP based user administration / authentication I think the LDAP

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-19 Thread Miguel Medalha
Just place the .PST files in redirected folders on the server. -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba

RE: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-19 Thread L.P.H. van Belle
] Namens John Drescher Verzonden: woensdag 19 november 2008 20:48 Aan: Ong Chin Kiat CC: samba@lists.samba.org Onderwerp: Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles? On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Ong Chin Kiat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, I'm trying to migrate from a workgroup based Samba

[Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-18 Thread Ong Chin Kiat
Hi list, I'm trying to migrate from a workgroup based Samba server to a domain based Samba server. I need the following features - Roaming profiles - LDAP based user administration / authentication I think the LDAP part is mostly doable, though I do foresee some hair tearing, but my main

Re: [Samba] Outlook and roaming profiles?

2008-11-18 Thread Michael Heydon
Ong Chin Kiat wrote: I need the following features - Roaming profiles - LDAP based user administration / authentication My question is - can it be done without Exchange (ie using PST files)? Officially, it can't be done because officially you can't put PST files on network drives. In