> > > I am having an issue with users' profiles under the SAMBA > > > environment. The > > > users would be using a Windows XP Pro workstation that is > under the SAMBA > > > domain. Ever since SAMBA was implemented, I would have to > recreate users' > > > profiles intermittently. Whenever this happens, the users > would be prompt > > > with an error message which states that it is "unable to log onto > > > the local > > > profile" and it would eventually create a temporary profile when > > > logging in. > > > Just this morning, I made the attempt to just reboot the > workstation when > > > the issue happened again. Surprisingly, it worked and I did > not have to > > > recreate the user's profile. Do you happen to know why? What > do I need to > > > do to prevent this issue from happening again? > > > > I don't think this is a Samba issue as I have had this occur > with our Win2K > > server and XP Pro clients as well. Don't know what causes it > but rebooting > > the workstation seems to take care of the problem. > ---- > hardly the type of investigative problem solving that inspires > confidence in the system administrator... > > I have seen several instances when Microsoft stuff such as Outlook or > Windows Media Player creates files like prf99999.tmp and these files are > poisonous to loading a roaming profile (substitute other numbers for the > 99999).
If you were having the same problem that I had, that won't help since I wasn't using roaming profiles. I was using folder redirection but that won't cause the prf .tmp files to be created since a profile is not being synchronized. I guess it is possible that the problem is caused by a bad nic but I can't say whether that was my problem since I switched server hardware shortly after the problem occured and haven't seen it since. No reason to bother investigating something that isn't there any more. I do stand by the point of my original response though by simple stating that I don't believe this problem is caused by something inherent in Samba. Doug -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba