I solved it. In case anyone is interested, under LDAP samba has a few extra requirement description, profiles location, etc Once I entered in those minor details everything began working beautifully. No need for a W2k server in my client's network :)
> Hi all, > > I have tried to implement samba3 with ldap backend and trying to get > windows machines to talk friendly. It has been the worst 5 days of my > life :( > > I am finally up to logging on using a windows machine. the problem > I get is when a user runs the command window it looks like they > are a temp user. the command prompt looks like c:\Documents and > Settings\temp.spinaweb. This happens to all users. > > which means I can't get profiles loaded. has anyone experienced this > issue and resolved it? > > -- > Regards, > > Kevin Saenz > > Spinaweb > I.T consultants > > Ph: 02 4620 5130 > Fax: 02 4625 9243 > Mobile: 0418455661 > Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- Regards, Kevin Saenz Spinaweb I.T consultants Ph: 02 4620 5130 Fax: 02 4625 9243 Mobile: 0418455661 Web: http://www.spinaweb.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
