I am logging into a Samba server on an HP9000. I read the HOWTO that John has been recommended (chapter 18) multiple times, but I think pieces are missing in the explanation for this stuff, unless I'm just inept. ;)
---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, admir wrote: > What server are you using for your users to log in? > > Is it samba or win2000? If it is samba then take a look at samba howto head > 3 at samba.org . It is telling you there how to change registry for machines > to set diferent path for profile and policy updates. If you are using > win2000 server just install active directory and look at Microsoft.com for > info how to deploy security and policy settings in Active Directory. > > I have not done this in a long time. That is all I can tell you for now. > > regards, > > Admir > > "Ryan Novosielski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sorry to re-send, but I think this may have gotten missed last time, > > possibly because of the inaccurate subject line. Can someone throw me a > > bone here? I am very lost as far as this one part of the administration > > goes. > > > > Thanks for any help you can provide! > > > > The thing that I have been having great difficulty understanding, and this > > could be because of lack of Windows knowledge but bear with me, is how you > > can have DIFFERENT policy files based on... well, anything. I know group > > support is limited... how about even based on NetBIOS name as I can easily > > get that from %m at least. I know, for example, the profile of a Win2k > > machine will be located in \\SERVER\NETLOGON\Default Profile, but what if > > I want to have one for lab PC's and one for Office PC's, and for some > > remote sites, none at all, just authentication? I know how to implement > > policies per user, too, but I don't want to have to login as the user, set > > the policy and then save the policy and log out. How can I apply a policy > > to a user based on some arbitrary information? Is the logon script early > > enough to do some work behind the scenes to smylink the proper files into > > the right place, or... am I totally off track here? I'm sure this is > > something everyone does, but I can't for the life of me figure out the way > > to make this stuff apply to different users differently. > > > > PS: This information would be EXCEEDINGLY helpful to have in the HOWTO. > > The Oreilly book covers it a little, but... not that much either. > > > > ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ > > |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin > > |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) > > \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - NJMS Medical Science Bldg - C630 > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the > instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba > -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba