Hi Luk Thanks for replying. I will have a go.
Regards Kevin On Friday 20 March 2009 16:34:52 you wrote: > Kevin Hall wrote: > > Hi > > > > What I would like to do is have my custom adm files in a shared folder on > > my samba server so that if I make a change, it updates the windows XP > > clients on my network in a similar fashion to active directory on a > > windows server. > > > > However, I cannot seem to find any support for this in samba in the > > documentation I have read. Do I have to go to each machine and use group > > policy editor to load the adm file? Am I missing something or is this > > going to be a feature of samba 4? > > > > Regards > > > > Kevin Hall > > AFAIK samba 3 only supports system policies and only samba 4 will be > able to use GPO like policies. Have a look at > http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Implementing_System_Policies_with_Samba > This should give you some basic insight on how it all works. > You can convert existing .adm templates, or write your own ones, to be > used with system policies by removing appropriate #if version statements. > Note that system policies have several limitations, i.e. will only be > synced upon domain logon - i.e. background refresh or boot-time refresh > will not work, and they will lack some of the rich features of GPO. > They also work on registry "tatooing principle" so reverting a policy is > more tricky. We have been using system policies for some time and they > work pretty well (if you acknowledge their limitations). > I have written a small tool that can be run as a startup script, or at > any time, which will convert existing NTConfig.pol data into Local GPO > information - this might save you the effort of manual adjusting Local > GPO's on every machine. The utility supports machine policies and user > policies however the group stuff is missing - we just didn't have a need > for it > > HTH > > Luk -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba