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Diffstat (limited to 'docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml index 77466c1960..6b14116e0c 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> <description> <para> - This parameter specifies the home directory where roaming profiles (NTuser.dat etc files for Windows NT) are + This parameter specifies the directory where roaming profiles (Desktop, NTuser.dat, etc) are stored. Contrary to previous versions of these manual pages, it has nothing to do with Win 9X roaming profiles. To find out how to handle roaming profiles for Win 9X system, see the <smbconfoption name="logon home"/> parameter. @@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ <para> The share and the path must be readable by the user for the preferences and directories to be loaded onto the Windows NT client. The share must be writeable when the user logs in for the first time, in order that the - Windows NT client can create the NTuser.dat and other directories. - </para> - - <para> + Windows NT client can create the NTuser.dat and other directories. Thereafter, the directories and any of the contents can, if required, be made read-only. It is not advisable that the NTuser.dat file be made read-only - rename it to NTuser.man to achieve the desired effect (a <emphasis>MAN</emphasis>datory profile). @@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ <para> Windows clients can sometimes maintain a connection to the [homes] share, even though there is no user logged in. Therefore, it is vital that the logon path does not include a reference to the homes share (i.e. setting - this parameter to \%N\%U\profile_path will cause problems). + this parameter to \%N\homes\profile_path will cause problems). </para> <para> @@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ <warning> <para> - Do not quote the value. Setting this as <quote>\\%N\profile\%U</quote> + Do not quote the value. Setting this as <quote>\\%N\profile\%U</quote> will break profile handling. Where the tdbsam or ldapsam passdb backend is used, at the time the user account is created the value configured for this parameter is written to the passdb backend and that value will @@ -54,7 +51,7 @@ </para> </warning> - <para>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a logon server.</para> + <para>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a domain controller.</para> <para> Disable the use of roaming profiles by setting the value of this parameter to the empty string. For |