On 02/05/2011 01:57 PM, Terry Danter wrote:
I was just wondering how many people out there are using FreeBSD as a
pdc. I see a few guides on the net mostly followed by a load of posts
of problems people encounter. Is it like most things that once you
have done it once you can soon set up a machine at the drop of hat as
you encounter and remedy any problems. I have a few customers at the
moment one of who requires a pdc with roaming profiles. I use bsd and
samba all the time for normal file sharing and never have problems. I
try and avoid windows servers due to costs and licensing but a pdc
would be new for me.
Any opinions welcome
Thanks
Terry
I haven't used FreeBSD, but I have set up several PDCs. They work ok
with default settings, however if users have a large amount of data
associated with their account (in Application Data, My Documents, and/or
Desktop folders for example), logging off/on can become terribly
inefficient. This is because Windoze saves all of this local data to the
server when the user logs off, taking a good bit of time (I've seen 20
minutes or so), while putting a strain on both the network and server.
The solution to this problem is to change the default location for
various folders to be on the server, so that the data doesn't need to be
copied to the server during the logoff process. This is accomplished by
creating a custom NTConfig.POL file in the netlogon directory which
changes the location of these folders to reside on the server instead of
the local HDD.
There a few wiki pages that explain this:
http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Samba_%26_Windows_Profiles
http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Implementing_System_Policies_with_Samba
See also:
http://www.pcc-services.com/custom_poledit.html
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