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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#id2954425">Features and Benefits</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2954459">Roaming Profiles</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2954500">Samba Configuration for Profile Handling</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2955058">Windows Client Profile Configuration Information</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2956404">Sharing Profiles between W9x/Me and NT4/200x/XP Workstations</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2956492">Profile Migration from Windows NT4/200x Server to Samba</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2956822">Mandatory Profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2956917">Creating and Managing Group Profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2956970">Default Profile for Windows Users</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2956999">MS Windows 9x/Me</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2957150">MS Windows NT4 Workstation</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2957772">MS Windows 200x/XP</a></dt></dl></dd><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2958338">Common Errors</a></dt><dd><dl><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2958351">Configuring Roaming Profiles for a Few Users or Groups</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2958416">Cannot Use Roaming Profiles</a></dt><dt><a href="ProfileMgmt.html#id2958626">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="id2954425"></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> +Roaming profiles allow an administrator to make available a consistent user desktop +as the user moves from one machine to another. This chapter provides much information +regarding how to configure and manage roaming profiles. +</p><p> +While roaming profiles might sound like nirvana to some, they are a real and tangible +problem to others. In particular, users of mobile computing tools, where often there may not +be a sustained network connection, are often better served by purely local profiles. +This chapter provides information to help the Samba administrator deal with those +situations. +</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2954459"></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 Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT4/200x. +</p></div><p> +Before discussing how to configure roaming profiles, it is useful to see how +Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT4/200x clients implement these features. +</p><p> +Windows 9x/Me clients send a NetUserGetInfo request to the server to get the user's +profiles location. However, the response does not have room for a separate +profiles location field, only the user's home share. This means that Windows 9x/Me +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="id2954500"></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="id2954513"></a>NT4/200x User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +For example, to support Windows NT4/200x clients, set the followoing in the [global] section of the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file: +</p><p> +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path = \\profileserver\profileshare\profilepath\%U\moreprofilepath</tt></i></td></tr></table><p> + +This is typically implemented like: + +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path = \\%L\Profiles\%u</tt></i></td></tr></table><p> +where “<span class="quote">%L</span>” translates to the name of the Samba server and “<span class="quote">%u</span>” translates to the user name. +</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 +a Samba server for the profiles, you must make the share that is specified in the logon path +browseable. Please refer to the man page for <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> in respect of the different +semantics of “<span class="quote">%L</span>” and “<span class="quote">%N</span>”, as well as “<span class="quote">%U</span>” and “<span class="quote">%u</span>”. +</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> +MS Windows NT/200x 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="id2954652"></a>Windows 9x/Me User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +To support Windows 9x/Me clients, you must use the <a class="indexterm" name="id2954664"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> +parameter. Samba has been fixed so <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. +</p><p> +By using the logon home parameter, you are restricted to putting Windows 9x/Me profiles in the user's home +directory. But wait! There is a trick you can use. If you set the following in the +<i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i> section of your <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> file: +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home = \\%L\%U\.profiles</tt></i></td></tr></table><p> +then your Windows 9x/Me clients will dutifully put their clients in a subdirectory +of your home directory called <tt class="filename">.profiles</tt> (making them hidden). +</p><p> +Not only that, but <b class="userinput"><tt>net use /home</tt></b> will also work because of a feature in +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 <a class="indexterm" name="id2954767"></a><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="id2954783"></a>Mixed Windows 9x/Me and Windows NT4/200x User Profiles</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +You can support profiles for Windows 9x and Windows NT clients by setting both the +<a class="indexterm" name="id2954795"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> and <a class="indexterm" name="id2954809"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> parameters. For example: +</p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home = \\%L\%u\.profiles</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path = \\%L\profiles\%u</tt></i></td></tr></table></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2954850"></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> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2954876"></a> +There are three ways of doing this: +<a class="indexterm" name="id2954885"></a> +</p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">In <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt></span></dt><dd><p> + Affect the following settings and ALL clients will be forced to use a local profile: + <a class="indexterm" name="id2954920"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> and <a class="indexterm" name="id2954933"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> + </p></dd><dt><span class="term">MS Windows Registry</span></dt><dd><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="screen"> +Local Computer Policy\ + Computer Configuration\ + Administrative Templates\ + System\ + User Profiles\ + +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>From the start menu right-click on <span class="guiicon">My Computer icon</span>, + select <span class="guimenuitem">Properties</span>, click on the <span class="guilabel">User Profiles</span> + tab, select the profile you wish to change from + <span class="guimenu">Roaming</span> type to <span class="guimenu">Local</span>, and click on + <span class="guibutton">Change Type</span>. + </p></dd></dl></div><p> +Consult the MS Windows registry guide for your particular MS Windows version for more information +about which registry keys to change to enforce use of only local user profiles. +</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> +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="id2955058"></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="id2955066"></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>. These directories and their contents will be merged with the local +versions stored in <tt class="filename">c:\windows\profiles\username</tt> on subsequent logins, taking the +most recent from each. You will need to use the <i class="parameter"><tt>[global]</tt></i> options +<a class="indexterm" name="id2955121"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>preserve case</tt></i> = yes, +<a class="indexterm" name="id2955136"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>short preserve case</tt></i> = yes and +<a class="indexterm" name="id2955150"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>case sensitive</tt></i> = no +in order to maintain capital letters in shortcuts in any of the profile folders. +</p><p> +The <tt class="filename">user.DAT</tt> file contains all the user's preferences. If you wish to enforce a set of preferences, +rename their <tt class="filename">user.DAT</tt> file to <tt class="filename">user.MAN</tt>, and deny them write access to this file. +</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p> + On the Windows 9x/Me machine, go to <span class="guimenu">Control Panel</span> -> + <span class="guimenuitem">Passwords</span> and select the <span class="guilabel">User Profiles</span> tab. + Select the required level of roaming preferences. Press <span class="guibutton">OK</span>, but do not + allow the computer to reboot. + </p></li><li><p> + On the Windows 9x/Me machine, go to <span class="guimenu">Control Panel</span> -> + <span class="guimenuitem">Network</span> -> <span class="guimenuitem">Client for Microsoft Networks</span> + -> <span class="guilabel">Preferences</span>. Select <span class="guilabel">Log on to NT Domain</span>. Then, + ensure that the Primary Logon is <span class="guilabel">Client for Microsoft Networks</span>. Press + <span class="guibutton">OK</span>, and this time allow the computer to reboot. + </p></li></ol></div><p> Under Windows 9x/ME, profiles are downloaded from the Primary Logon. If you have the Primary Logon +as “<span class="quote">Client for Novell Networks</span>”, then the profiles and logon script will be downloaded from +your Novell Server. If you have the Primary Logon as “<span class="quote">Windows Logon</span>”, then the profiles will +be loaded from the local machine a bit against the concept of roaming profiles, it would seem! </p><p> +You will now find that the Microsoft Networks Login box contains <tt class="constant">[user, password, domain]</tt> instead +of just <tt class="constant">[user, password]</tt>. Type in the Samba server's domain name (or any other domain known to exist, +but bear in mind that the user will be authenticated against this domain and profiles downloaded from it, +if that domain logon server supports it), user name and user's password. +</p><p> Once the user has been successfully validated, the Windows 9x/Me machine will inform you that +<tt class="computeroutput">The user has not logged on before</tt> and asks you <tt class="computeroutput">Do you +wish to save the user's preferences?</tt> Select <span class="guibutton">Yes</span>. </p><p> Once the Windows 9x/Me client comes up with the desktop, you should be able to examine the +contents of the directory specified in the <a class="indexterm" name="id2955374"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> on +the Samba server and verify that the <tt class="filename">Desktop</tt>, <tt class="filename">Start Menu</tt>, +<tt class="filename">Programs</tt> and <tt class="filename">Nethood</tt> folders have been created. </p><p> 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). You will find that if the user creates further folders or +shortcut, that the client will merge the profile contents downloaded with the contents of the profile +directory already on the local client, taking the newest folders and shortcut from each set. </p><p> If you have made the folders/files read-only on the Samba server, then you will get errors from +the Windows 9x/Me machine on logon and logout as it attempts to merge the local and remote profile. +Basically, if you have any errors reported by the Windows 9x/Me machine, check the UNIX file permissions +and ownership rights on the profile directory contents, on the Samba server. </p><p> If you have problems creating user profiles, you can reset the user's local desktop cache, as +shown below. When this user next logs in, the user will be told that he/she is logging in “<span class="quote">for + the first time</span>”. + +<a class="indexterm" name="id2955451"></a> + </p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p> + Instead of logging in under the [user, password, domain] dialog, press <span class="guibutton">escape</span>. + </p></li><li><p> + Run the <b class="command">regedit.exe</b> program, and look in: + </p><p> + <tt class="filename">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Windows\CurrentVersion\ProfileList</tt> + </p><p> + You will find an entry for each user of ProfilePath. Note the contents of this key + (likely to be <tt class="filename">c:\windows\profiles\username</tt>), then delete the key + <i class="parameter"><tt>ProfilePath</tt></i> for the required user. + </p></li><li><p> + Exit the registry editor. + </p></li><li><p> + Search for the user's .PWL password-caching file in the <tt class="filename">c:\windows</tt> directory, and delete it. + </p></li><li><p> + Log off the Windows 9x/Me client. + </p></li><li><p> + Check the contents of the profile path (see <a class="indexterm" name="id2955562"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> + described above) and delete the <tt class="filename">user.DAT</tt> or <tt class="filename">user.MAN</tt> + file for the user, making a backup if required. + </p></li></ol></div><div class="warning" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Warning</h3><p> +Before deleting the contents of the directory listed in the <i class="parameter"><tt>ProfilePath</tt></i> +(this is likely to be <tt class="filename">c:\windows\profiles\username)</tt>, ask the owner if they have +any important files stored on their desktop or in their start menu. Delete the contents of the +directory <i class="parameter"><tt>ProfilePath</tt></i> (making a backup if any of the files are needed). +</p><p> +This will have the effect of removing the local (read-only hidden system file) <tt class="filename">user.DAT</tt> +in their profile directory, as well as the local “<span class="quote">desktop,</span>” “<span class="quote">nethood,</span>” +“<span class="quote">start menu,</span>” and “<span class="quote">programs</span>” folders. +</p></div><p> +If all else fails, increase Samba's debug log levels to between 3 and 10, and/or run a packet +sniffer program such as ethereal or <b class="command">netmon.exe</b>, and look for error messages. +</p><p> If you have access to an Windows NT4/200x server, then first set up roaming profiles 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="id2955678"></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 <a class="indexterm" name="id2955691"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> parameter. +</p><p> There is a parameter that is now available for use with NT Profiles: <a class="indexterm" name="id2955710"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon drive</tt></i>. +This should be set to <tt class="filename">H:</tt> or any other drive, and should be used in conjunction with +the new <a class="indexterm" name="id2955733"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i> parameter. </p><p> The entry for the NT4 profile is a directory not a file. The NT help on Profiles mentions that a +directory is also created with a .PDS extension. The user, while logging in, must have write permission +to create the full profile path (and the folder with the .PDS extension for those situations where it +might be created.) </p><p> In the profile directory, Windows NT4 creates more folders than Windows 9x/Me. It creates +<tt class="filename">Application Data</tt> and others, as well as <tt class="filename">Desktop</tt>, +<tt class="filename">Nethood</tt>, <tt class="filename">Start Menu,</tt> and <tt class="filename">Programs</tt>. +The profile itself is stored in a file <tt class="filename">NTuser.DAT</tt>. Nothing appears to be stored +in the .PDS directory, and its purpose is currently unknown. </p><p> You can use the <span class="application">System Control Panel</span> to copy a local profile onto +a Samba server (see NT Help on Profiles; it is also capable of firing up the correct location in the +<span class="application">System Control Panel</span> for you). The NT Help file also mentions that renaming +<tt class="filename">NTuser.DAT</tt> to <tt class="filename">NTuser.MAN</tt> 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="id2955863"></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> Log on as the <span class="emphasis"><em>local</em></span> workstation administrator. </p></li><li><p> Right-click on the <span class="guiicon">My Computer</span> Icon, select + <span class="guimenuitem">Properties</span>.</p></li><li><p> Click on the <span class="guilabel">User Profiles</span> tab.</p></li><li><p> Select the profile you wish to convert (click it once).</p></li><li><p> Click on the <span class="guibutton">Copy To</span> button.</p></li><li><p> In the <span class="guilabel">Permitted to use</span> box, click on the + <span class="guibutton">Change</span> button. </p></li><li><p> Click on the <span class="guilabel">Look in</span> area that lists the machine name. When you click here, it will + open up a selection box. Click on the domain to which the profile must be accessible. </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>You will need to log on if a logon box opens up. + For example, connect as <i class="replaceable"><tt>DOMAIN</tt></i>\root, password: + <i class="replaceable"><tt>mypassword</tt></i>.</p></div></li><li><p> To make the profile capable of being used by anyone, select “<span class="quote">Everyone</span>”. </p></li><li><p> Click on <span class="guibutton">OK</span> and the Selection box will close. </p></li><li><p> Now click on <span class="guibutton">OK</span> to create the profile in the path + you nominated. </p></li></ol></div><p> Done. You now have a profile that can be edited using the Samba <b class="command">profiles</b> tool. +</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> +Under Windows NT/200x, the use of mandatory profiles forces the use of MS Exchange storage of mail +data and keeps it out of the desktop profile. That keeps desktop profiles from becoming unusable. +</p></div><div class="sect4" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h5 class="title"><a name="id2956079"></a>Windows XP Service Pack 1</h5></div></div><div></div></div><p> + There is a security check new to Windows XP (or maybe only Windows XP service pack 1). + It can be disabled via a group policy in the Active Directory. The policy is called: + </p><p> + <tt class="filename">Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles\Do not check for + user ownership of Roaming Profile Folders</tt>i + </p><p> + This should be set to <tt class="constant">Enabled</tt>. + </p><p> + Does the new version of Samba have an Active Directory analogue? If so, then you may be able to set the policy through this. + </p><p>If you cannot set group policies in Samba, then you may be able to set the policy locally on + each machine. If you want to try this, then do the following (N.B. I do not know for sure that this + will work in the same way as a domain group policy): + </p><div class="procedure"><ol type="1"><li><p>On the XP workstation, log in with an Administrative account.</p></li><li><p>Click on <span class="guimenu">Start</span> -> <span class="guimenuitem">Run</span>.</p></li><li><p>Type <b class="command">mmc</b>.</p></li><li><p>Click on <span class="guibutton">OK</span>.</p></li><li><p>A Microsoft Management Console should appear.</p></li><li><p>Click on <span class="guimenu">File</span> -> <span class="guimenuitem">Add/Remove Snap-in</span> -> <span class="guimenuitem">Add</span>.</p></li><li><p>Double-click on <span class="guiicon">Group Policy</span>.</p></li><li><p>Click on <span class="guibutton">Finish</span> -> <span class="guibutton">Close</span>.</p></li><li><p>Click on <span class="guibutton">OK</span>.</p></li><li><p>In the “<span class="quote">Console Root</span>” window 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 on <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 on <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="id2956404"></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 of MS Windows clients. Probably the more salient reason to not mix profiles is +that when logging off an earlier version of MS Windows, the older format of profile contents may overwrite +information that belongs to the newer version resulting in loss of profile information content when that +user logs on again with the newer version of MS Windows. </p><p> If you then want to share the same Start Menu/Desktop with W9x/Me, you will need to specify a common +location for the profiles. The <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> parameters that need to be common are <a class="indexterm" name="id2956443"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon path</tt></i> and <a class="indexterm" name="id2956457"></a><i class="parameter"><tt>logon home</tt></i>. </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="id2956492"></a>Profile Migration from Windows NT4/200x Server to Samba</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> There is nothing to stop you from 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="id2956509"></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>Here is a quick guide:</p><div class="procedure"><ol type="1"><li><p> On your NT4 Domain Controller, right click on <span class="guiicon">My Computer</span>, then select the + tab labeled <span class="guilabel">User Profiles</span>. </p></li><li><p> Select a user profile you want to migrate and click on it. </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>I am using the term “<span class="quote">migrate</span>” loosely. You can copy a profile to create a group + profile. You can give the user <i class="parameter"><tt>Everyone</tt></i> rights to the profile you copy this to. That + is what you need to do, since your Samba domain is not a member of a trust relationship with your NT4 + PDC.</p></div></li><li><p>Click on the <span class="guibutton">Copy To</span> button.</p></li><li><p>In the box labeled <span class="guilabel">Copy Profile to</span> add your new path, e.g., + <tt class="filename">c:\temp\foobar</tt></p></li><li><p>Click on <span class="guibutton">Change</span> in the <span class="guilabel">Permitted to use</span> box.</p></li><li><p>Click on the group “<span class="quote">Everyone</span>”, click on <span class="guibutton">OK</span>. This + closes the “<span class="quote">choose user</span>” box.</p></li><li><p>Now click on <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="id2956689"></a>Side Bar Notes</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2956700"></a> +You should obtain the SID of your NT4 domain. You can use smbpasswd to do this. Read the man +page.</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2956712"></a>moveuser.exe</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> The Windows 200x professional resource kit has <b class="command">moveuser.exe</b>. <b class="command">moveuser.exe</b> 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><p> +This command is like the Samba <b class="command">profiles</b> tool. +</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2956753"></a>Get SID</h4></div></div><div></div></div><p> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2956764"></a> +You can identify the SID by using <b class="command">GetSID.exe</b> from the Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit. </p><p> Windows NT 4.0 stores the local profile information in the registry under the following key: +<tt class="filename">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList</tt> </p><p> Under the ProfileList key, there will be subkeys named with the SIDs of the 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 <b class="command">GetSID.exe</b> utility.) Inside the appropriate user's subkey, +you will see a string value named <i class="parameter"><tt>ProfileImagePath</tt></i>. </p></div></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2956822"></a>Mandatory Profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2956832"></a> +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, however, as the user logs out all changes +made will be lost. If it is desired to not allow the user any ability to change the desktop environment, +then this must be done through policy settings. See the previous chapter. </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> +Under NO circumstances should the profile directory (or its contents) be made read-only +as this may render the profile un-usable. Where it is essential to make a profile read-only +within the UNIX file system, this can be done but then you absolutely must use the <b class="command">fake-permissions</b> +VFS module to instruct MS Windows NT/200x/XP clients that the Profile has write permission for the user. See <link linkend="fakeperms">. +</p></div><p> For MS Windows NT4/200x/XP, the above method can also be used to create mandatory profiles. To +convert a group profile into a mandatory profile, simply locate the <tt class="filename">NTUser.DAT</tt> file in the copied profile +and rename it to <tt class="filename">NTUser.MAN</tt>. </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 effect a mandatory profile. </p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="id2956917"></a>Creating and Managing Group Profiles</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2956929"></a> +Most organizations are arranged into departments. There is a nice benefit in this fact since usually +most users in a department require the same desktop applications and the same desktop layout. MS +Windows NT4/200x/XP will allow the use of Group Profiles. A Group Profile is a profile that is created +first using a template (example) user. Then using the profile migration tool (see above), the profile is +assigned access rights for the user group that needs to be given access to the group profile. </p><p> The next step is rather important. Instead of assigning a group profile to users (Using User Manager) +on a “<span class="quote">per user</span>” basis, the group itself is assigned 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="id2956970"></a>Default Profile for Windows Users</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2956982"></a> +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 effect the path from which the default profile is created, +it is possible to modify the default profile to one that has been optimized for the site. This has +significant administrative advantages. </p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2956999"></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> To enable default per user profiles in Windows 9x/ME, launch the <span class="application">System Policy +Editor</span>, then select <span class="guimenu">File</span> -> <span class="guimenuitem">Open Registry</span>, +next click on the <span class="guiicon">Local Computer</span> icon, click on <span class="guilabel">Windows 98 System</span>, +select <span class="guilabel">User Profiles</span>, and click on the enable box. Remember to save the registry +changes. </p><p> To modify the registry directly, launch the <span class="application">Registry Editor</span> +(<b class="command">regedit.exe</b>) and select the hive <tt class="filename">HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Network\Logon</tt>. Now +add a DWORD type key with the name “<span class="quote">User Profiles,</span>” to +enable user profiles to 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="id2957101"></a>User Profile Handling with 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. </p><p> If the user has an entry in this registry location, Windows 9x/Me checks for a locally cached +version of the user profile. Windows 9x/Me also checks the user's home directory (or other specified +directory if the location has been modified) on the server for the User Profile. If a profile exists +in both locations, the newer of the two is used. If the User Profile exists on the server, but does not +exist on the local machine, the profile on the server is downloaded and used. If the User Profile only +exists on the local machine, that copy is used. </p><p> If a User Profile is not found in either location, the Default User Profile from the Windows +9x/Me machine is used and 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="id2957150"></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:\Windows NT\Profiles</tt>. Under this directory on a clean install there will be three +(3) directories: <tt class="filename">Administrator</tt>, <tt class="filename">All +Users,</tt> and <tt class="filename">Default +User</tt>. </p><p> The <tt class="filename">All Users</tt> directory contains menu settings that are common across all +system users. The <tt class="filename">Default User</tt> directory contains menu entries that are customizable +per user depending on the profile settings chosen/created. </p><p> When a new user first logs onto an MS Windows NT4 machine, a new profile is created from: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>All Users settings.</p></li><li><p>Default User settings (contains the default <tt class="filename">NTUser.DAT</tt> file).</p></li></ul></div><p> When a user logs onto an MS Windows NT4 machine that is a member of a Microsoft security domain, + the following steps are followed in respect of profile handling: + +<a class="indexterm" name="id2957258"></a> +</p><div class="procedure"><ol type="1"><li><p> The users' account information that is obtained during the logon process + contains the location of the users' desktop profile. The profile path may be local to + the machine or it may be located on a network share. If there exists a profile at the + location of the path from the user account, then this profile is copied to the location + <tt class="filename">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\%USERNAME%</tt>. This profile then inherits the settings + in the <tt class="filename">All Users</tt> profile in the <tt class="filename">%SystemRoot%\Profiles</tt> + location. </p></li><li><p> If the user account has a profile path, but at its location a profile does not + exist, then a new profile is created in the <tt class="filename">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\%USERNAME%</tt> + directory from reading the <tt class="filename">Default User</tt> profile. </p></li><li><p> If the NETLOGON share on the authenticating server (logon server) contains + a policy file (<tt class="filename">NTConfig.POL</tt>), then its contents are applied to the + <tt class="filename">NTUser.DAT</tt> which is applied to the <tt class="filename">HKEY_CURRENT_USER</tt> + part of the registry. + </p></li><li><p> When the user logs out, if the profile is set to be a roaming profile it will be + written out to the location of the profile. The <tt class="filename">NTuser.DAT</tt> file is then + recreated from the contents of the <tt class="filename">HKEY_CURRENT_USER</tt> contents. Thus, + should there not exist in the NETLOGON share an <tt class="filename">NTConfig.POL</tt> at the next + logon, the effect of the previous <tt class="filename">NTConfig.POL</tt> will still be held in the + profile. The effect of this is known as tattooing. + </p></li></ol></div><p> 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 as shown: </p><pre class="screen"> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ +winlogon\"DeleteRoamingCache"=dword:0000000 + </pre><p> +In this case, the local copy (in <tt class="filename">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\%USERNAME%</tt>) will be deleted +on logout.</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 own template +extension for the policy editor to allow this to be done through the GUI. Another way to do this is by +way of first creating a default user profile, then while logged in as that user, run <b class="command">regedt32</b> to edit +the key settings. </p><p> +The Registry Hive key that affects the behavior of folders that are part of the default user +profile are controlled by entries on Windows NT4 is: +</p><pre class="screen"> +HKEY_CURRENT_USER + \Software + \Microsoft + \Windows + \CurrentVersion + \Explorer + \User Shell Folders +</pre><p> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2957503"></a> +</p><p> The above hive key contains a list of automatically managed folders. The default entries are shown in <link linkend="ProfileLocs">. </p><div class="table"><a name="ProfileLocs"></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 align="left"><col align="left"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Name</th><th align="left">Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">AppData</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Desktop</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Favorites</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Favorites</td></tr><tr><td align="left">NetHood</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\NetHood</td></tr><tr><td align="left">PrintHood</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Programs</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Recent</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Recent</td></tr><tr><td align="left">SendTo</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\SendTo</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Start Menu </td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Startup</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr></tbody></table></div><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> The default entries are shown in <link linkend="regkeys">.</p><div class="table"><a name="regkeys"></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 align="left"><col align="left"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="left">Common Desktop</td><td align="left">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Common Programs</td><td align="left">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Programs</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Common Start Menu</td><td align="left">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Common Startup</td><td align="left">%SystemRoot%\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2957772"></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> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2957786"></a> +MS Windows XP Home Edition does use default per user profiles, but cannot participate +in domain security, cannot 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 clients that +can participate in domain logon processes allows the administrator to create a global default +profile and enforce it through the use of Group Policy Objects (GPOs). +</p></div><p> When a new user first logs onto an MS Windows 200x/XP machine, the default profile is obtained from +<tt class="filename">C:\Documents and Settings\Default User</tt>. The administrator can modify or change the +contents of this location and MS Windows 200x/XP will gladly use it. This is far from the optimum arrangement +since it will involve copying a new default profile to every MS Windows 200x/XP client workstation. </p><p> When MS Windows 200x/XP participates in a domain security context, and if the default user profile is + not found, then the client will search for a default profile in the NETLOGON share of the authenticating + server. In MS Windows parlance,<tt class="filename">%LOGONSERVER%\NETLOGON\Default User,</tt> and if one +exists there it will copy this to the workstation to the <tt class="filename">C:\Documents and Settings\</tt> +under the Windows login name of the user. </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> This path translates, in Samba parlance, to the <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> +<i class="parameter"><tt>[NETLOGON]</tt></i> share. The directory should be created at the root +of this share and must be called <tt class="filename">Default Profile</tt>. </p></div><p> If a default profile does not exist in this location, then MS Windows 200x/XP will use the local +default profile. </p><p> On logging out, the users' desktop profile will be stored to the location specified in the registry +settings that pertain to the user. If no specific policies have been created or passed to the client +during the login process (as Samba does automatically), then the user's profile will be written to the +local machine only under the path <tt class="filename">C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%</tt>. </p><p> Those wishing to modify the default behavior can do so through these three methods: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p> Modify the registry keys on the local machine manually and place the new + default profile in the NETLOGON share root. This is not recommended as it is maintenance intensive. + </p></li><li><p> Create an NT4-style NTConfig.POL file that specified this behavior and locate + this file in the root of the NETLOGON share along with the new default profile. </p></li><li><p> Create a GPO that enforces this through Active Directory, and place the new + default profile in the NETLOGON share. </p></li></ul></div><p>The registry hive key that effects the behavior of folders that are part of the default user +profile are controlled by entries on Windows 200x/XP is: </p><p> <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 shown +in <link linkend="defregpthkeys"> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2957980"></a> +</p><div class="table"><a name="defregpthkeys"></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 align="left"><col align="left"></colgroup><thead><tr><th align="left">Name</th><th align="left">Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="left">AppData</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cache</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Cookies</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Cookies</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Desktop</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Desktop</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Favorites</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Favorites</td></tr><tr><td align="left">History</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\History</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Local AppData</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Local Settings</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings</td></tr><tr><td align="left">My Pictures</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures</td></tr><tr><td align="left">NetHood</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\NetHood</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Personal</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\My Documents</td></tr><tr><td align="left">PrintHood</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\PrintHood</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Programs</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Recent</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Recent</td></tr><tr><td align="left">SendTo</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\SendTo</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Start Menu</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Startup</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Templates</td><td align="left">%USERPROFILE%\Templates</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p> There is also an entry called “<span class="quote">Default</span>” 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> It makes a huge difference to the speed of handling roaming user profiles if all the folders are +stored on a dedicated location on a network server. This means that it will not be necessary to write +the Outlook PST file over the network for every login and logout. </p><p> To set this to a network location, you could use the following examples: </p><p><tt class="filename">%LOGONSERVER%\%USERNAME%\Default Folders</tt></p><p> This would store the folders in the user's home directory under a directory called <tt class="filename">Default +Folders</tt>. You could also use: </p><p><tt class="filename">\\<i class="replaceable"><tt>SambaServer</tt></i>\<i class="replaceable"><tt>FolderShare</tt></i>\%USERNAME%</tt></p><p> +in which case the default folders will be stored in the server named <i class="replaceable"><tt>SambaServer</tt></i> +in the share called <i class="replaceable"><tt>FolderShare</tt></i> under a directory that has the name of the +MS Windows user as seen by the Linux/UNIX file system. </p><p> Please note that once you have created a default profile share, you MUST migrate a user's profile +(default or custom) to it. </p><p> MS Windows 200x/XP profiles may be <span class="emphasis"><em>Local</em></span> or <span class="emphasis"><em>Roaming</em></span>. + A roaming profile will be cached locally unless the following registry key is created: + +<a class="indexterm" name="id2958308"></a> +</p><p> </p><pre class="programlisting"> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ + winlogon\"DeleteRoamingCache"=dword:00000001</pre><p> +In this 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="id2958338"></a>Common Errors</h2></div></div><div></div></div><p> +The following are some typical errors, problems and questions that have been asked on the Samba mailing lists. +</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2958351"></a>Configuring Roaming Profiles for a Few Users or Groups</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 directory. +</p><p> +If disabled globally, then no one will have roaming profile ability. If enabled and you want it +to apply only to certain machines, then on those machines on which roaming profile support is not wanted +it is then necessary to disable roaming profile handling in the registry of each such machine. +</p><p> +With Samba-3, you can have a global profile setting in <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt> and you can override this by +per-user settings using the Domain User Manager (as with MS Windows NT4/ Win 200xx). </p><p> In any case, you can configure only one profile per user. That profile can be either: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>A profile unique to that user.</li><li>A mandatory profile (one the user cannot change).</li><li>A group profile (really should be mandatory, that is unchangable).</li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2958416"></a>Cannot Use Roaming Profiles</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p> A user requested the following: “<span class="quote"> I do not want Roaming profiles to be implemented. I want +to give users a local profile alone. Please help me, I am totally lost with this error. For the past +two days I tried everything, I googled around but found no useful pointers. Please help me. </span>”</p><p> The choices are: </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> As a user logs onto the network, a centrally + stored profile is copied to the workstation to form a local profile. This local profile + will persist (remain on the workstation disk) unless a registry key is changed that will + cause this profile to be automatically deleted on logout. </p></dd></dl></div><p>The roaming profile choices are: </p><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Personal roaming profiles</span></dt><dd><p> These are typically stored in + a profile share on a central (or conveniently located local) server. </p><p> Workstations cache (store) a local copy of the profile. This cached + copy is used when the profile cannot be downloaded at next logon. </p></dd><dt><span class="term">Group profiles</span></dt><dd><p>These are loaded from a central profile + server.</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Mandatory profiles</span></dt><dd><p> Mandatory profiles can be created for + a user as well as for any group that a user is a member of. Mandatory profiles cannot be + changed by ordinary users. Only the administrator can change or reconfigure a mandatory + profile. </p></dd></dl></div><p> A Windows NT4/200x/XP profile can vary in size from 130KB to very large. 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 2MB is a good rule of thumb to use for planning purposes. In an undisciplined +environment, I have seen up to 2GB profiles. Users tend to complain when it takes an hour to log onto a +workstation but they harvest the fruits of folly (and ignorance). </p><p> The point of all the above is to show that roaming profiles and good controls of how they can be +changed as well as good discipline make up for a problem-free site. </p><p> Microsoft's answer to the PST problem is to store all email in an MS Exchange Server backend. This +removes the need for a PST file. </p><p>Local profiles mean: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>If each machine is used by many users, then much local disk storage is needed + for local profiles.</p></li><li><p>Every workstation the user logs into has + its own profile; these can be very different from machine to machine.</p></li></ul></div><p> On the other hand, use of roaming profiles means: </p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>The network administrator can control the desktop environment of all users.</p></li><li><p>Use of mandatory profiles drastically reduces network management overheads.</p></li><li><p>In the long run, users will experience fewer problems.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2958626"></a>Changing the Default Profile</h3></div></div><div></div></div><p>“<span class="quote">When the client logs onto the Domain Controller, it searches +for a profile to download. Where do I put this default profile?</span>”</p><p> +<a class="indexterm" name="id2958644"></a> +First, the Samba server needs to be configured as a Domain Controller. This can be done by +setting in <tt class="filename">smb.conf</tt>: </p><table class="simplelist" border="0" summary="Simple list"><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>security = user</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>os level = 32 (or more)</tt></i></td></tr><tr><td><i class="parameter"><tt>domain logons = Yes</tt></i></td></tr></table><p> There must be a <i class="parameter"><tt>[netlogon]</tt></i> share that is world readable. It is +a good idea to add a logon script to pre-set printer and drive connections. There is also a facility +for automatically synchronizing the workstation time clock with that of the logon server (another good +thing to do). </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> To invoke auto-deletion of roaming profile from the local workstation cache (disk storage), use +the <span class="application">Group Policy Editor</span> to create a file called <tt class="filename">NTConfig.POL</tt> +with the appropriate entries. This file needs to be located in the <i class="parameter"><tt>netlogon</tt></i> +share root directory.</p></div><p> Windows clients need to be members of the domain. 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