Re: [Samba] profile on a remote server

2006-11-03 Thread ryan punt
I can state definitively that this works fine. It's an excellent way to reduce WAN traffic, and makes the login process MUCH faster. You're looking for the following LDAP attributes (taken from my PDC's smb.conf): sambaHomePath: \\SERVER\homes sambaProfilePath: \\SERVER\homes\PROFILE_DIR In

[Samba] profile on a remote server

2006-11-02 Thread timothy johnson
I notice that in the LDAP the profiles are store in a network share. Is it possible to use a different samba server not setup as a PDC/BDC to share these profile. for an example maybe setup a little samba box on a remote site, that stores profiles and home dirs, but still auth against the PDC.

Re: [Samba] profile on a remote server

2006-11-02 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 17:05 -0800, timothy johnson wrote: I notice that in the LDAP the profiles are store in a network share. Is it possible to use a different samba server not setup as a PDC/BDC to share these profile. for an example maybe setup a little samba box on a remote site, that

Re: [Samba] profile on a remote server

2006-11-02 Thread Craig White
Please keep replies on list... I think the solution is given in the below - which doesn't have anything to do with the Windows machine having the local user profile...the problem is the server where you are attempting to write the profile, neither the user nor the 'Administrators Group' has