Robert remove the .V2 share and then remove your profiles from vista/win 7 at this reg key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList then all will work as expected. -- Damien Dye BSC(hon) On 4 April 2010 16:15, <r...@gmx.at> wrote: > Hello Christian > This what I expected with Win7 clients. But in my case XP and 7 are using > the same profile (which shouldn't be), but from different shares. It seems > XP is connecting to the profiles via my share [nt-profile] and Win7 via > share [nt-profile.v2]. If i comment [nt-profile.v2], Win7 cannot connect to > the profile (it starts always with an temporary profile). My <username>.V2 > profiles are still empty. I never saw an logentry pointing to <username>.V2. > Several hits in google answers just to create/copy a <username>.V2 directory > and that's it. Which didn't work for me. [nt-profile.v2] was just a guess > due to entries from the samba logs. The only possibility I see, is to define > "path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u.V2" (or something similar) in > [nt-profile.v2] to differentiate between XP and 7. Who is adding the v2 > extension? Is it samba or Win7? > I'm running Samba 3.4.3. > > regards Robert > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > Datum: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 00:00:40 +0200 (CEST) > > Von: Christian Rost <c...@rocon-it.de> > > An: r...@gmx.at > > CC: samba@lists.samba.org > > Betreff: RE: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between WinXP > and Win7 > > > Hi, > > > > IMHO both profiles can stay within the same share, so you don't need a > > separate .v2 share. It's the same with Windows 2003 Server and a mixture > of > > XP/ Vista/Seven Clients. > > > > What you need to keep in mind is that Windows XP profiles are not > > compatible with Vista/Seven profiles - hence the ".v2" suffix and they're > > completely different profiles. When you're logging into Vista/Seven for > the first > > time, your exisitng pre-Vista profile will be converted and will be > renamed > > to <username>.v2. Each time you're logging into Vista/ Seven the > > "<username>.v2" profile will be updated, and each time you're logging > into XP your > > "<username>" profile will be updated. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Christian > > > > =========================================================== > > Dipl.-Ing. Christian Rost > > roCon - Informationstechnologie > > Glatzer Weg 4 > > > > 44534 Lünen > > > > fon: +49 (0) 2306 910 658 > > fax: +49 (0) 2306 910 664 > > url: http://www.rocon-it.de > > > > > > > > --------r...@gmx.at wrote-------- > > Subject: [Samba] question difference of roaming profile between WinXP > > and Win7 > > Date: 03.04.2010 17:02 > > > > >Hello > > >I want to add Win7 machine to my Samba PDC with WinXP clients. Google > > >tells me I have to add a .V2 to my profiles. The samba log ask about a > > .v2 > > >share. > > >Can someone explain me the difference of the v2 extension at the profile > > >names and the roaming profile share? > > >Following my settings: > > > > > >smb.conf: > > >[global] > > > logon path = \\%L\nt-profile > > > logon home = \\%L\nt-profile > > > > > >[nt-profile] > > > comment = Client Profiles > > > path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u > > > read only = No > > > create mask = 0600 > > > directory mask = 0700 > > > > > >[nt-profile.v2] > > > comment = Client Profiles > > > path = /BUERO/samba/nt-profile/%u > > > read only = No > > > create mask = 0600 > > > directory mask = 0700 > > > > > > > > >ls -l /BUERO/samba/nt-profile > > >drwsrwsr-x 24 kira users 4096 2010-04-03 16:16 kira > > >drwxr-sr-x 2 kira users 4096 2010-04-02 18:59 kira.V2 > > > > > >These are 2 empty profiles. > > >I logged on to user kira with an XP client, set the background colour to > > >green and logged of. Profile kira was filled with data. Now I logged on > > to > > >user kira with an Win7 client, the background was black. I set the > > >background to yellow and logged of. The profile kira.V2 is still empty. > > >Finally I logged on to kira with XP and the background was yellow. So > > Win7 > > >and XP are using the same profile, which should be if I understand "mr. > > >google" right. I thought I just had to copy the roaming profiles to a > > >profile with extension .V2. > > > > > >I found following in the samba log during Win7 logon: > > > : > > >get_referred_path: |nt-profile.V2| in dfs path \testserver\nt-profile.V2 > > >is not a dfs root. > > > : > > >Connect path is '/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira' for service > > [nt-profile.v2] > > > : > > >connect to service nt-profile.v2 initially as user kira (uid=524, > > gid=100) > > >(pid 12087) > > > : > > >reduce_name [.] [/BUERO/samba/nt-profile/kira] > > > : > > > > > >Further, there is a reference to nt-profile.V2 (uppercase V2) and next a > > >connect to nt-profile.v2 (lowercase v2). What is the difference? > Finally, > > >the profile kira is used and not kira.V2. Why? > > > > > >Can someone explain me the correct setup of samba for Win7 clients? > > > > > >regards robert > > >-- > > >Sicherer, schneller und einfacher. 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