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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/textdocs/DOMAIN.txt | 68 |
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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. |