missed some bits. added some more on profiles - e.g windows 95 description

of what needs to be done.

lkcl
(This used to be commit d998795503ce7872073a79a710a41ffdbc535e75)

2 files changed, 82 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
index 3065883eb3..753edca79f 100644
--- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
+++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5
@@ -1259,7 +1259,20 @@ This parameter specifies the home directory where roaming profiles
 (USER.DAT / USER.MAN files) are stored.
 
 This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have
-separate logon scripts for each user or machine.
+separate logon scripts for each user or machine.  It also specifies
+the directory from which the "desktop", "start menu", "nethood" and
+"programs" folders, and their contents, are loaded and displayed
+on your Windows 95 client.
+
+The share and the path must be readable by the user for the preferences
+and directories to be loaded onto the Windows 95 client.  The share
+must be writeable when the logs in for the first time, in order that
+the Windows 95 client can create the user.dat and other directories.
+
+Thereafter, the directories and any of contents can, if required,
+be made read-only.  It is not adviseable that the USER.DAT file be made
+read-only - rename it to USER.MAN to achieve the desired effect
+(a MANdatory profile).
 
 .B Default:
  	logon path = \\\\%L\\%U 
diff --git a/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt b/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt
index 9bdff5dc88..ba420e6111 100644
--- a/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt
+++ b/docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt
@@ -99,4 +99,72 @@ The user.dat file contains all the user's preferences.  If you wish to
 enforce a set of preferences, rename their user.dat file to user.man,
 and deny them write access to the file.
 
+2) On the Windows 95 machine, go to Control Panel | Passwords and
+   select the User Profiles tab.  Select the required level of
+   roaming preferences.  Press OK, but do _not_ allow the computer
+   to reboot.
+
+3) On the Windows 95 machine, go to Control Panel | Network |
+   Client for Microsoft Networks | Preferences.  Select 'Log on to
+   NT Domain'.  Press OK, and this time allow the computer to reboot.
+
+You will now find that the Microsoft Networks Login box contains
+[user, password, domain] instead of just [user, password].  Type in
+the samba server's domain name (or any other domain known to exist),
+user name and user's password.
+
+Once the user has been successfully validated, the Windows 95 machine
+will inform you that 'The user has not logged on before' and asks you
+if you wish to save the user's preferences?  Select 'yes'.
+
+Once the Windows 95 client comes up with the desktop, you should be able
+to examine the contents of the directory specified in the "logon path"
+(the default is \\samba_server\username) and verify that the "desktop",
+"start menu", "programs" and "nethood" folders have been created.
+
+These folders will be cached locally on the client, and updated when
+the user logs off (if you haven't made them read-only by then :-).
+
+
+If you have problems creating user profiles, you can reset the user's
+local desktop cache, as shown below.  When this user then next logs in,
+they will be told that they are logging in "for the first time".
+
+
+1) instead of logging in under the [user, password, domain] dialog],
+   press escape.
+
+2) run the regedit.exe program, and look in:
+
+     HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
+
+   you will find an entry, for each user, of ProfilePath.  Note the
+   contents of this key (likely to be c:\windows\profiles\username),
+   then delete the key ProfilePath for the required user.
+
+   [Exit the registry editor].
+
+3) WARNING - before deleting the contents of the directory listed in
+   the ProfilePath (this is likely to be c:\windows\profiles\username),
+   ask them if they have any important files stored on their desktop
+   or in their start menu.  delete the contents of the directory
+   ProfilePath (making a backup if any of the files are needed).
+
+   This will have the effect of removing the local (read-only hidden
+   system file) user.dat in their profile directory, as well as the
+   local "desktop", "nethood", "start menu" and "programs" folders.
+
+4) search for the user's .PWL password-cacheing file in the c:\windows
+   directory, and delete it.
+
+5) log off the windows 95 client.
+
+6) check the contents of the profile path (see "logon path" described
+   above), and delete the user.dat or user.man file for the user,
+   making a backup if required.
+
+
+If all else fails, increase samba's debug log levels to between 3 and 10,
+and / or run a packet trace program such as tcpdump or netmon.exe, and
+look for any error reports.