Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Tony Earnshaw
Florian Effenberger: is it possible to have the same profile for some users (or a group of users) without having to use a separate profile directory for each user? I would like to set up a pre-defined mandatory profile for a school with more than 1,000 students. Each student should have the

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Craig White
On Mon, 2005-01-24 at 15:18 +0100, Tony Earnshaw wrote: Florian Effenberger: is it possible to have the same profile for some users (or a group of users) without having to use a separate profile directory for each user? I would like to set up a pre-defined mandatory profile for a school

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Paul Gienger
Of course this means that you can't leave things on My Documents or Desktop because they would be trashed but files could be stored in individual users 'home' directories or shared directories. If I'm not mistaken, in the examples, mandatory profiles are integrated with folder redirection for

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Ilia Chipitsine
Florian Effenberger: is it possible to have the same profile for some users (or a group of users) without having to use a separate profile directory for each user? I would like to set up a pre-defined mandatory profile for a school with more than 1,000 students. Each student should have the same,

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Ilia Chipitsine
Florian Effenberger: is it possible to have the same profile for some users (or a group of users) without having to use a separate profile directory for each user? I would like to set up a pre-defined mandatory profile for a school with more than 1,000 students. Each student should have the same,

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Tony, Isn't this described very fully in Inge-HÃ¥vard Hunstad's contribution to the LDAP HOWTO? where can I get this HOWTO? Google wasn't very useful ;-( Thanks Florian -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions:

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Craig, I think some checking in the How-To should provide the answer. It's 'mandatory' profiles and you should be able to accomplish this by having a Default User profile on the profile server and having the policy of deleting local profile at log off from each workstation. wouldn't that mean

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Paul, If I'm not mistaken, in the examples, mandatory profiles are integrated with folder redirection for this exact situation. I read through that chapter, but isn't it just about implementing registry changes - in this case folder redirection - into the Default Profile, which doesn't help

Re: [Samba] same profile for all users

2005-01-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Ilia, you mean that changing the path in the users profile from \\mypdc\profiles\user1 \\mypdc\profiles\user2 and so on to \\mypdc\profiles\students would do the trick? Thanks Florian -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: