From 266258ffc643f8d167367748139256323c6384a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Terpstra Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 05:46:16 +0000 Subject: More documentation regarding disabling of roamin profile paraphenalia. (This used to be commit bb0873dfd09afb4594343699bd0beba122f1390e) --- docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml') diff --git a/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml b/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml index eb2e9de056..77466c1960 100644 --- a/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml +++ b/docs/smbdotconf/logon/logonpath.xml @@ -4,40 +4,42 @@ advanced="1" developer="1" xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc"> - This parameter specifies the home directory - where roaming profiles (NTuser.dat etc files for Windows NT) 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 parameter. + + This parameter specifies the home directory where roaming profiles (NTuser.dat etc files for Windows NT) 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 + parameter. + - This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you - to have separate logon scripts for each user or machine. It also - specifies the directory from which the "Application Data", - (desktop, start menu, - network neighborhood, programs - and other folders, and their contents, are loaded and displayed on - your Windows NT client. + + This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have separate logon scripts for each user or + machine. It also specifies the directory from which the "Application Data", (desktop, start menu, network neighborhood, programs and other + folders, and their contents, are loaded and displayed on your Windows NT client. + - 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. + + 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. + - 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 MANdatory - profile). + + 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 + MANdatory profile). + - 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). + + 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 option takes the standard substitutions, allowing - you to have separate logon scripts for each user or machine. + + This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have separate logon scripts for each user or machine. + @@ -52,8 +54,15 @@ - Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up - as a logon server. + Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up as a logon server. + + + Disable the use of roaming profiles by setting the value of this parameter to the empty string. For + example, "". Take note that even if the default setting + in the smb.conf file is the empty string, any value specified in the user account settings in the passdb + backend will over-ride the effect of setting this parameter to null. Disabling of all roaming profile use + requires that the user account settings must also be blank. + An example of use is: -- cgit