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<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common">
		<term><anchor id="LOGONPATH"/>logon path (G)</term>
		<listitem><para>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 <link linkend="LOGONHOME">
		<parameter moreinfo="none">logon home</parameter></link> parameter.</para>

		<para>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 &quot;Application Data&quot;, 
		(<filename moreinfo="none">desktop</filename>, <filename moreinfo="none">start menu</filename>,
		<filename moreinfo="none">network neighborhood</filename>, <filename moreinfo="none">programs</filename> 
		and other folders, and their contents, are loaded and displayed on 
		your Windows NT client.</para>
		
		<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>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). </para>

		<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).</para>

		<para>This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing 
		you to have separate logon scripts for each user or machine.</para>

		<para>Note that this option is only useful if Samba is set up 
		as a logon server.</para>

		<para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">logon path = \\%N\%U\profile</command></para>
		<para>Example: <command moreinfo="none">logon path = \\PROFILESERVER\PROFILE\%U</command></para>
		</listitem>
		</samba:parameter>