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Desktop Profile Management</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="PolicyMgmt.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pam.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="ProfileMgmt"></a>Chapter 24. Desktop Profile Management</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">April 3 2003</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2988251">Features and Benefits</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2988285">Roaming Profiles</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2988326">Samba Configuration for Profile Handling</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2988731">Windows Client Profile Configuration Information</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2989902">Sharing Profiles between W9x/Me and NT4/200x/XP workstations</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2989967">Profile Migration from Windows NT4/200x Server to Samba</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990232">Mandatory profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990290">Creating/Managing Group Profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990336">Default Profile for Windows Users</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990356">MS Windows 9x/Me</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990504">MS Windows NT4 Workstation</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991058">MS Windows 200x/XP</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991562">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991575">How does one set up roaming profiles for just one (or a few) user/s or group/s?</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991638">Can NOT use Roaming Profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991859">Changing the default profile</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2988251"></a>Features and Benefits</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> +<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter 24. Desktop Profile Management</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="samba.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.60.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="SAMBA Project Documentation"><link rel="up" href="optional.html" title="Part III. Advanced Configuration"><link rel="previous" href="PolicyMgmt.html" title="Chapter 23. System and Account Policies"><link rel="next" href="pam.html" title="Chapter 25. PAM based Distributed Authentication"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 24. Desktop Profile Management</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="PolicyMgmt.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part III. Advanced Configuration</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="pam.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="ProfileMgmt"></a>Chapter 24. Desktop Profile Management</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">John</span> <span class="othername">H.</span> <span class="surname">Terpstra</span></h3><div class="affiliation"><span class="orgname">Samba Team<br></span><div class="address"><p><tt class="email"><<a href="mailto:jht@samba.org">jht@samba.org</a>></tt></p></div></div></div></div><div><p class="pubdate">April 3 2003</p></div></div><div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2983922">Features and Benefits</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2983955">Roaming Profiles</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2983996">Samba Configuration for Profile Handling</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2989358">Windows Client Profile Configuration Information</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990295">Sharing Profiles between W9x/Me and NT4/200x/XP workstations</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990360">Profile Migration from Windows NT4/200x Server to Samba</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990620">Mandatory profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990678">Creating/Managing Group Profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990723">Default Profile for Windows Users</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990743">MS Windows 9x/Me</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2990891">MS Windows NT4 Workstation</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991445">MS Windows 200x/XP</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991949">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2991962">How does one set up roaming profiles for just one (or a few) user/s or group/s?</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2992025">Can NOT use Roaming Profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2992243">Changing the default profile</a></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2983922"></a>Features and Benefits</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> Roaming Profiles are feared by some, hated by a few, loved by many, and a Godsend for some administrators. </p><p> @@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ problem to others. In particular, users of mobile computing tools, where often t be a sustained network connection, are often better served by purely Local Profiles. This chapter provides information to help the Samba administrator to deal with those situations also. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2988285"></a>Roaming Profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2983955"></a>Roaming Profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p> Roaming profiles support is different for Win9x / Me and Windows NT4/200x. </p></div><p> Before discussing how to configure roaming profiles, it is useful to see how @@ -24,23 +25,23 @@ profiles are restricted to being stored in the user's home directory. </p><p> Windows NT4/200x clients send a NetSAMLogon RPC request, which contains many fields, including a separate field for the location of the user's profiles. -</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2988326"></a>Samba Configuration for Profile Handling</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2983996"></a>Samba Configuration for Profile Handling</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> This section documents how to configure Samba for MS Windows client profile support. -</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2988340"></a>NT4/200x User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><div xmlns:ns83="" class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2984009"></a>NT4/200x User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> To support Windows NT4/200x clients, in the [global] section of smb.conf set the following (for example): -</p><p> -</p><pre class="programlisting"> +</p><ns83:p> +</ns83:p><pre class="programlisting"> logon path = \\profileserver\profileshare\profilepath\%U\moreprofilepath -</pre><p> +</pre><ns83:p> This is typically implemented like: -</p><pre class="programlisting"> +</ns83:p><pre class="programlisting"> logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%u -</pre><p> +</pre><ns83:p> where %L translates to the name of the Samba server and %u translates to the user name -</p><p> +</ns83:p><p> The default for this option is <tt class="filename">\\%N\%U\profile</tt>, namely <tt class="filename">\\sambaserver\username\profile</tt>. The <tt class="filename">\\N%\%U</tt> service is created automatically by the [homes] service. If you are using @@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ semantics of %L and %N, as well as %U and %u. MS Windows NT/2K clients at times do not disconnect a connection to a server between logons. It is recommended to NOT use the <i class="parameter"><tt>homes</tt></i> meta-service name as part of the profile share path. -</p></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2988432"></a>Windows 9x / Me User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2984098"></a>Windows 9x / Me User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> To support Windows 9x / Me clients, you must use the <i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> parameter. Samba has now been fixed so that <b class="userinput"><tt>net use /home</tt></b> now works as well, and it, too, relies on the <b class="command">logon home</b> parameter. @@ -69,28 +70,28 @@ Not only that, but <b class="userinput"><tt>net use /home</tt></b> will also wor Windows 9x / Me. It removes any directory stuff off the end of the home directory area and only uses the server and share portion. That is, it looks like you specified <tt class="filename">\\%L\%U</tt> for <i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i>. -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2988541"></a>Mixed Windows 9x / Me and Windows NT4/200x User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2989173"></a>Mixed Windows 9x / Me and Windows NT4/200x User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> You can support profiles for both Win9X and WinNT clients by setting both the <i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> and <i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> parameters. For example: </p><pre class="programlisting"> logon home = \\%L\%u\.profiles logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u -</pre></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2988580"></a>Disabling Roaming Profile Support</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</pre></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2989209"></a>Disabling Roaming Profile Support</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> A question often asked is “<span class="quote">How may I enforce use of local profiles?</span>” or “<span class="quote">How do I disable Roaming Profiles?</span>” </p><p> There are three ways of doing this: -</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">In <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt></span></dt><dd><p> +</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">In <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt></span></dt><dd xmlns:ns84=""><ns84:p> Affect the following settings and ALL clients will be forced to use a local profile: - </p><pre class="programlisting"> + </ns84:p><pre class="programlisting"> logon home = logon path = - </pre><p> - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">MS Windows Registry:</span></dt><dd><p> + </pre><ns84:p> + </ns84:p></dd><dt><span class="term">MS Windows Registry:</span></dt><dd xmlns:ns85=""><ns85:p> By using the Microsoft Management Console gpedit.msc to instruct your MS Windows XP machine to use only a local profile. This of course modifies registry settings. The full path to the option is: - </p><pre class="programlisting"> + </ns85:p><pre class="programlisting"> Local Computer Policy\ Computer Configuration\ Administrative Templates\ @@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ There are three ways of doing this: Disable: Only Allow Local User Profiles Disable: Prevent Roaming Profile Change from Propagating to the Server - </pre><p> - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Change of Profile Type:</span></dt><dd><p> + </pre><ns85:p> + </ns85:p></dd><dt><span class="term">Change of Profile Type:</span></dt><dd><p> From the start menu right click on the My Computer icon, select <span class="guimenuitem">Properties</span>, click on the <span class="guilabel">User Profiles</span> tab, select the profile you wish to change from Roaming type to Local, click <span class="guibutton">Change Type</span>. @@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ profiles. The specifics of how to convert a local profile to a roaming profile, or a roaming profile to a local one vary according to the version of MS Windows you are running. Consult the Microsoft MS Windows Resource Kit for your version of Windows for specific information. -</p></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2988731"></a>Windows Client Profile Configuration Information</h3></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2988739"></a>Windows 9x / Me Profile Setup</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2989358"></a>Windows Client Profile Configuration Information</h3></div></div><div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2989366"></a>Windows 9x / Me Profile Setup</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> When a user first logs in on Windows 9X, the file user.DAT is created, as are folders <tt class="filename">Start Menu</tt>, <tt class="filename">Desktop</tt>, <tt class="filename">Programs</tt> and <tt class="filename">Nethood</tt>. @@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ If you have access to an Windows NT4/200x server, then first set up roaming prof and / or netlogons on the Windows NT4/200x server. Make a packet trace, or examine the example packet traces provided with Windows NT4/200x server, and see what the differences are with the equivalent samba trace. -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2989233"></a>Windows NT4 Workstation</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2985567"></a>Windows NT4 Workstation</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> When a user first logs in to a Windows NT Workstation, the profile NTuser.DAT is created. The profile location can be now specified through the <i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> parameter. @@ -247,7 +248,7 @@ turns a profile into a mandatory one. </p><p> The case of the profile is significant. The file must be called <tt class="filename">NTuser.DAT</tt> or, for a mandatory profile, <tt class="filename">NTuser.MAN</tt>. -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2989391"></a>Windows 2000/XP Professional</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2985724"></a>Windows 2000/XP Professional</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> You must first convert the profile from a local profile to a domain profile on the MS Windows workstation as follows: </p><div class="procedure"><ol type="1"><li><p> @@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ On the XP workstation log in with an Administrator account. </p></li><li><p>Click: <span class="guimenu">Start</span>, <span class="guimenuitem">Run</span></p></li><li><p>Type: <b class="userinput"><tt>mmc</tt></b></p></li><li><p>Click: <span class="guibutton">OK</span></p></li><li><p>A Microsoft Management Console should appear.</p></li><li><p>Click: <span class="guimenu">File</span>, <span class="guimenuitem">Add/Remove Snap-in...</span>, <span class="guimenuitem">Add</span></p></li><li><p>Double-Click: <span class="guiicon">Group Policy</span></p></li><li><p>Click: <span class="guibutton">Finish</span>, <span class="guibutton">Close</span></p></li><li><p>Click: <span class="guibutton">OK</span></p></li><li><p>In the "Console Root" window:</p></li><li><p>Expand: <span class="guiicon">Local Computer Policy</span>, <span class="guiicon">Computer Configuration</span>, <span class="guiicon">Administrative Templates</span>, <span class="guiicon">System</span>, <span class="guiicon">User Profiles</span></p></li><li><p>Double-Click: <span class="guilabel">Do not check for user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders</span></p></li><li><p>Select: <span class="guilabel">Enabled</span></p></li><li><p>Click: <span class="guibutton">OK</span></p></li><li><p>Close the whole console. You do not need to save the settings (this refers to the console settings rather than the policies you have - changed).</p></li><li><p>Reboot</p></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2989902"></a>Sharing Profiles between W9x/Me and NT4/200x/XP workstations</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> + changed).</p></li><li><p>Reboot</p></li></ol></div></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2990295"></a>Sharing Profiles between W9x/Me and NT4/200x/XP workstations</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> Sharing of desktop profiles between Windows versions is NOT recommended. Desktop profiles are an evolving phenomenon and profiles for later versions of MS Windows clients add features that may interfere with earlier versions @@ -314,12 +315,12 @@ that need to be common are <i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> and </p><p> If you have this set up correctly, you will find separate <tt class="filename">user.DAT</tt> and <tt class="filename">NTuser.DAT</tt> files in the same profile directory. -</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2989967"></a>Profile Migration from Windows NT4/200x Server to Samba</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2990360"></a>Profile Migration from Windows NT4/200x Server to Samba</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> There is nothing to stop you specifying any path that you like for the location of users' profiles. Therefore, you could specify that the profile be stored on a samba server, or any other SMB server, as long as that SMB server supports encrypted passwords. -</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2989984"></a>Windows NT4 Profile Management Tools</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990377"></a>Windows NT4 Profile Management Tools</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> Unfortunately, the Resource Kit information is specific to the version of MS Windows NT4/200x. The correct resource kit is required for each platform. </p><p> @@ -336,17 +337,17 @@ domain is not a member of a trust relationship with your NT4 PDC.</p></div></li> <tt class="filename">c:\temp\foobar</tt></p></li><li><p>Click on the button <span class="guibutton">Change</span> in the <span class="guilabel">Permitted to use</span> box.</p></li><li><p>Click on the group 'Everyone' and then click <span class="guibutton">OK</span>. This closes the 'choose user' box.</p></li><li><p>Now click <span class="guibutton">OK</span>.</p></li></ol></div><p> Follow the above for every profile you need to migrate. -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990153"></a>Side bar Notes</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990540"></a>Side bar Notes</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> You should obtain the SID of your NT4 domain. You can use smbpasswd to do this. Read the man page.</p><p> With Samba-3.0.0 alpha code you can import all you NT4 domain accounts using the net samsync method. This way you can retain your profile settings as well as all your users. -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990175"></a>moveuser.exe</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990562"></a>moveuser.exe</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> The W2K professional resource kit has moveuser.exe. moveuser.exe changes the security of a profile from one user to another. This allows the account domain to change, and/or the user name to change. -</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990191"></a>Get SID</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990578"></a>Get SID</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> You can identify the SID by using GetSID.exe from the Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit. </p><p> @@ -359,7 +360,7 @@ users who have logged on to this computer. (To find the profile information for the user whose locally cached profile you want to move, find the SID for the user with the GetSID.exe utility.) Inside of the appropriate user's subkey, you will see a string value named ProfileImagePath. -</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2990232"></a>Mandatory profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2990620"></a>Mandatory profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> A Mandatory Profile is a profile that the user does NOT have the ability to overwrite. During the user's session it may be possible to change the desktop environment, but as the user logs out all changes made will be lost. If it is desired to NOT allow the @@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ file in the copied profile and rename it to NTUser.MAN. </p><p> For MS Windows 9x / Me it is the <tt class="filename">User.DAT</tt> file that must be renamed to <tt class="filename">User.MAN</tt> to affect a mandatory profile. -</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2990290"></a>Creating/Managing Group Profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2990678"></a>Creating/Managing Group Profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> Most organisations are arranged into departments. There is a nice benefit in this fact since usually most users in a department will require the same desktop applications and the same desktop layout. MS Windows NT4/200x/XP will allow the @@ -390,14 +391,14 @@ the now modified profile. </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> Be careful with group profiles, if the user who is a member of a group also has a personal profile, then the result will be a fusion (merge) of the two. - </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2990336"></a>Default Profile for Windows Users</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> + </p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2990723"></a>Default Profile for Windows Users</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> MS Windows 9x / Me and NT4/200x/XP will use a default profile for any user for whom a profile does not already exist. Armed with a knowledge of where the default profile is located on the Windows workstation, and knowing which registry keys affect the path from which the default profile is created, it is possible to modify the default profile to one that has been optimised for the site. This has significant administrative advantages. -</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2990356"></a>MS Windows 9x/Me</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2990743"></a>MS Windows 9x/Me</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> To enable default per use profiles in Windows 9x / Me you can either use the <span class="application">Windows 98 System Policy Editor</span> or change the registry directly. </p><p> @@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ select <span class="guilabel">User Profiles</span>, click on the enable box. Do To modify the registry directly, launch the <span class="application">Registry Editor</span> (<b class="command">regedit.exe</b>), select the hive <tt class="filename">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon</tt>. Now add a DWORD type key with the name "User Profiles", to enable user profiles set the value to 1, to disable user profiles set it to 0. -</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990454"></a>How User Profiles Are Handled in Windows 9x / Me?</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2990841"></a>How User Profiles Are Handled in Windows 9x / Me?</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> When a user logs on to a Windows 9x / Me machine, the local profile path, <tt class="filename">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProfileList</tt>, is checked for an existing entry for that user: @@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ If a User Profile is not found in either location, the Default User Profile from machine is used and is copied to a newly created folder for the logged on user. At log off, any changes that the user made are written to the user's local profile. If the user has a roaming profile, the changes are written to the user's profile on the server. -</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2990504"></a>MS Windows NT4 Workstation</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div></div><div xmlns:ns86="" class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2990891"></a>MS Windows NT4 Workstation</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> On MS Windows NT4 the default user profile is obtained from the location <tt class="filename">%SystemRoot%\Profiles</tt> which in a default installation will translate to <tt class="filename">C:\WinNT\Profiles</tt>. Under this directory on a clean install there will be @@ -466,15 +467,15 @@ the following steps are followed in respect of profile handling: MS Windows NT4 profiles may be <span class="emphasis"><em>Local</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>Roaming</em></span>. A Local profile will stored in the <tt class="filename">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\%USERNAME%</tt> location. A roaming profile will also remain stored in the same way, unless the following registry key is created: -</p><p> -</p><pre class="programlisting"> +</p><ns86:p> +</ns86:p><pre class="programlisting"> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon\ "DeleteRoamingCache"=dword:00000001 -</pre><p> +</pre><ns86:p> In which case, the local copy (in <tt class="filename">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\%USERNAME%</tt>) will be deleted on logout. -</p><p> +</ns86:p><p> Under MS Windows NT4 default locations for common resources (like <tt class="filename">My Documents</tt> may be redirected to a network share by modifying the following registry keys. These changes may be affected via use of the System Policy Editor (to do so may require that you create your owns template extension @@ -487,17 +488,17 @@ are controlled by entries on Windows NT4 is: <tt class="filename">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\</tt> </p><p> The above hive key contains a list of automatically managed folders. The default entries are: -</p><p> -</p><div class="table"><a name="id2990854"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 24.1. User Shell Folder registry keys default values</b></p><table summary="User Shell Folder registry keys default values" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AppData</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td>Desktop</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td>Favorites</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Favorites</td></tr><tr><td>NetHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\NetHood</td></tr><tr><td>PrintHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood</td></tr><tr><td>Programs</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs</td></tr><tr><td>Recent</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Recent</td></tr><tr><td>SendTo</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\SendTo</td></tr><tr><td>Start Menu </td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td>Startup</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> -</p><p> +</p><ns86:p> +</ns86:p><div class="table"><a name="id2991239"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 24.1. User Shell Folder registry keys default values</b></p><table summary="User Shell Folder registry keys default values" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AppData</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td>Desktop</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td>Favorites</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Favorites</td></tr><tr><td>NetHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\NetHood</td></tr><tr><td>PrintHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood</td></tr><tr><td>Programs</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs</td></tr><tr><td>Recent</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Recent</td></tr><tr><td>SendTo</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\SendTo</td></tr><tr><td>Start Menu </td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td>Startup</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr></tbody></table></div><ns86:p> +</ns86:p><p> The registry key that contains the location of the default profile settings is: </p><p> <tt class="filename">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders</tt> -</p><p> +</p><ns86:p> The default entries are: -</p><div class="table"><a name="id2990998"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 24.2. Defaults of profile settings registry keys</b></p><table summary="Defaults of profile settings registry keys" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Common Desktop</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td>Common Programs</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Programs</td></tr><tr><td>Common Start Menu</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td>Common Startup</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> -</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2991058"></a>MS Windows 200x/XP</h3></div></div><div></div></div><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> +</ns86:p><div class="table"><a name="id2991383"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 24.2. Defaults of profile settings registry keys</b></p><table summary="Defaults of profile settings registry keys" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Common Desktop</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td>Common Programs</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Programs</td></tr><tr><td>Common Start Menu</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td>Common Startup</td><td>%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr></tbody></table></div><ns86:p> +</ns86:p></div><div xmlns:ns87="" class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2991445"></a>MS Windows 200x/XP</h3></div></div><div></div></div><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> MS Windows XP Home Edition does use default per user profiles, but can not participate in domain security, can not log onto an NT/ADS style domain, and thus can obtain the profile only from itself. While there are benefits in doing this the beauty of those MS Windows @@ -545,9 +546,9 @@ are controlled by entries on Windows 200x/XP is: <tt class="filename">HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders\</tt> </p><p> The above hive key contains a list of automatically managed folders. The default entries are: -</p><p> -</p><div class="table"><a name="id2991253"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 24.3. Defaults of default user profile paths registry keys</b></p><table summary="Defaults of default user profile paths registry keys" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AppData</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td>Cache</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files</td></tr><tr><td>Cookies</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Cookies</td></tr><tr><td>Desktop</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td>Favorites</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Favorites</td></tr><tr><td>History</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History</td></tr><tr><td>Local AppData</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td>Local Settings</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings</td></tr><tr><td>My Pictures</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures</td></tr><tr><td>NetHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\NetHood</td></tr><tr><td>Personal</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents</td></tr><tr><td>PrintHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood</td></tr><tr><td>Programs</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs</td></tr><tr><td>Recent</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Recent</td></tr><tr><td>SendTo</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\SendTo</td></tr><tr><td>Start Menu</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td>Startup</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr><tr><td>Templates</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Templates</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> -</p><p> +</p><ns87:p> +</ns87:p><div class="table"><a name="id2991638"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 24.3. Defaults of default user profile paths registry keys</b></p><table summary="Defaults of default user profile paths registry keys" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AppData</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td>Cache</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files</td></tr><tr><td>Cookies</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Cookies</td></tr><tr><td>Desktop</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td>Favorites</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Favorites</td></tr><tr><td>History</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History</td></tr><tr><td>Local AppData</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td>Local Settings</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings</td></tr><tr><td>My Pictures</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures</td></tr><tr><td>NetHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\NetHood</td></tr><tr><td>Personal</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\My Documents</td></tr><tr><td>PrintHood</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood</td></tr><tr><td>Programs</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs</td></tr><tr><td>Recent</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Recent</td></tr><tr><td>SendTo</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\SendTo</td></tr><tr><td>Start Menu</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td>Startup</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr><tr><td>Templates</td><td>%USERPROFILE%\Templates</td></tr></tbody></table></div><ns87:p> +</ns87:p><p> There is also an entry called "Default" that has no value set. The default entry is of type <tt class="constant">REG_SZ</tt>, all the others are of type <tt class="constant">REG_EXPAND_SZ</tt>. </p><p> @@ -571,9 +572,9 @@ MS Windows 200x/XP profiles may be <span class="emphasis"><em>Local</em></span> A roaming profile will be cached locally unless the following registry key is created: </p><p><tt class="filename">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\winlogon\"DeleteRoamingCache"=dword:00000001</tt></p><p> In which case, the local cache copy will be deleted on logout. -</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2991562"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2991949"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> The following are some typical errors/problems/questions that have been asked. -</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2991575"></a>How does one set up roaming profiles for just one (or a few) user/s or group/s?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2991962"></a>How does one set up roaming profiles for just one (or a few) user/s or group/s?</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> With samba-2.2.x the choice you have is to enable or disable roaming profiles support. It is a global only setting. The default is to have roaming profiles and the default path will locate them in the user's home @@ -591,25 +592,25 @@ using the Domain User Manager (as with MS Windows NT4/ Win 2Kx). </p><p> In any case, you can configure only one profile per user. That profile can be either: -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>A profile unique to that user</td></tr><tr><td>A mandatory profile (one the user can not change)</td></tr><tr><td>A group profile (really should be mandatory ie:unchangable)</td></tr></table></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2991638"></a>Can NOT use Roaming Profiles</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>A profile unique to that user</td></tr><tr><td>A mandatory profile (one the user can not change)</td></tr><tr><td>A group profile (really should be mandatory ie:unchangable)</td></tr></table></div><div xmlns:ns89="" class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2992025"></a>Can NOT use Roaming Profiles</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> “<span class="quote"> I dont want Roaming profile to be implemented, I just want to give users local profiles only. ... Please help me I am totally lost with this error from past two days I tried everything and googled around quite a bit but of no help. Please help me. -</span>”</p><p> +</span>”</p><ns89:p> Your choices are: -</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Local profiles</span></dt><dd><p> +</ns89:p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Local profiles</span></dt><dd><p> I know of no registry keys that will allow auto-deletion of LOCAL profiles on log out - </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Roaming profiles</span></dt><dd><p> - </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>can use auto-delete on logout option</td></tr><tr><td>requires a registry key change on workstation</td></tr></table><p> + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Roaming profiles</span></dt><dd xmlns:ns88=""><ns88:p> + </ns88:p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>can use auto-delete on logout option</td></tr><tr><td>requires a registry key change on workstation</td></tr></table><ns88:p> Your choices are: - </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Personal Roaming profiles</span></dt><dd><p> + </ns88:p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Personal Roaming profiles</span></dt><dd><p> - should be preserved on a central server - workstations 'cache' (store) a local copy - used in case the profile can not be downloaded @@ -617,10 +618,10 @@ Your choices are: </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Group profiles</span></dt><dd><p>- loaded from a central place</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Mandatory profiles</span></dt><dd><p> - can be personal or group - can NOT be changed (except by an administrator - </p></dd></dl></div><p> - </p></dd></dl></div><p> + </p></dd></dl></div><ns88:p> + </ns88:p></dd></dl></div><ns89:p> -</p><p> +</ns89:p><p> A WinNT4/2K/XP profile can vary in size from 130KB to off the scale. Outlook PST files are most often part of the profile and can be many GB in size. On average (in a well controlled environment) roaming profile size of @@ -635,19 +636,19 @@ a problem free site. </p><p> Microsoft's answer to the PST problem is to store all email in an MS Exchange Server back-end. But this is another story ...! -</p><p> +</p><ns89:p> So, having LOCAL profiles means: -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>If lots of users user each machine - lot's of local disk storage needed for local profiles</td></tr><tr><td>Every workstation the user logs into has it's own profile - can be very different from machine to machine</td></tr></table><p> +</ns89:p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>If lots of users user each machine - lot's of local disk storage needed for local profiles</td></tr><tr><td>Every workstation the user logs into has it's own profile - can be very different from machine to machine</td></tr></table><ns89:p> On the other hand, having roaming profiles means: -</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>The network administrator can control EVERY aspect of user profiles</td></tr><tr><td>With the use of mandatory profiles - a drastic reduction in network management overheads</td></tr><tr><td>User unhappiness about not being able to change their profiles soon fades as they get used to being able to work reliably</td></tr></table><p> +</ns89:p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td>The network administrator can control EVERY aspect of user profiles</td></tr><tr><td>With the use of mandatory profiles - a drastic reduction in network management overheads</td></tr><tr><td>User unhappiness about not being able to change their profiles soon fades as they get used to being able to work reliably</td></tr></table><ns89:p> -</p><p> +</ns89:p><p> I have managed and installed MANY NT/2K networks and have NEVER found one where users who move from machine to machine are happy with local profiles. In the long run local profiles bite them. -</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2991859"></a>Changing the default profile</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>“<span class="quote"> +</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2992243"></a>Changing the default profile</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>“<span class="quote"> When the client tries to logon to the PDC it looks for a profile to download where do I put this default profile. </span>”</p><p> |