On 23:55:42 wrote greep elem: > I am having some issues with Samba with roaming profiles running on > Ubuntu server. When a user logs in they get prompted with an error: > > ----windows error---------- > Windows cannot locate the server copy of your roaming profile and is > attempting to log you > on with your local profile. Changes to the profile will not be copied > to the server when > you logoff. Possible causes of this error include network problems or > insufficient security > rights. If this problem persists, contact your network administrator. > > DETAIL - The network path was not found. > ----windows error---------- > > While trying to figure this out I believe I have found the problem > but am unsure how to fix it. It would appear that for the "logon > path = \\%N\Profiles\%U" entry in smb.conf that the %N (or even %L) > does not get translated to the netbios name of the server. > > doing the following command shows the %N still untranslated while the > %U is correctly updated to the user name > > # pdbedit -Lv testuser | grep Path > Profile Path: \\%N\profiles\testuser > > If I manually hard code the %N to the servers name instead of using > %N or %L the roaming profile works perfectly. > > > Can anyone point me in the right direction so as to resolve this > issue? Use "netbios name" instead of "netbios aliases"
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