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diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index 3065883eb3..753edca79f 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -1259,7 +1259,20 @@ This parameter specifies the home directory where roaming profiles (USER.DAT / USER.MAN files) are stored. This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have -separate logon scripts for each user or machine. +separate logon scripts for each user or machine. It also specifies +the directory from which the "desktop", "start menu", "nethood" and +"programs" folders, and their contents, are loaded and displayed +on your Windows 95 client. + +The share and the path must be readable by the user for the preferences +and directories to be loaded onto the Windows 95 client. The share +must be writeable when the logs in for the first time, in order that +the Windows 95 client can create the user.dat and other directories. + +Thereafter, the directories and any of contents can, if required, +be made read-only. It is not adviseable that the USER.DAT file be made +read-only - rename it to USER.MAN to achieve the desired effect +(a MANdatory profile). .B Default: logon path = \\\\%L\\%U |