Re: [Samba] Re: PDC without profiles?
Wow! The blank logon path worked! Thanks so much!! -jag On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 06:31, Paul Gienger wrote: > Michael Lueck wrote: > > >On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:31:03 -0500, Paul Gienger wrote: > > > > > > > >>Rather than monkey with each client, just don't define a [profiles] > >>share. I'll check one of our setups tomorrow, we have a site with no > >>roaming there (for now). > >> > >> > > > >I did not have a roaming share defined and Win2K put up a fuss that it was > >missing and assigned a temp one which was erased at each logoff. Not quite the > >affect of having a local profile. > > > > > Actually, on that server we also have a blank logon path specified which > is populated on the other servers. This is on 2.2.8, so YMMV, but I > would guess it works on 3.0.x. > > >With electronic software distribution managing each client, there is no issue > >sending out such small registry updates globally... think outside the box and > >what now seems a challenge becomes very easy. > > > > > I'm guessing you either use a program that you set up once on each > workstation which may or may not be a pay-ware solution. Some places > simply don't have the budget to buy such things. Also remember, every > change you make to a client is one more thing to screw up, although in > this case it sounds as if you're doing it automatically. I guess I > personally subscribe to the theory of making the smallest change > possible, that is if I can make a simple change to the server that > avoids me having to change every client's configuration then at the > server it will happen. > > >Michael Lueck > >Lueck Data Systems > >http://www.lueckdatasystems.com/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > Paul Gienger Office: 701-281-1884 > Applied Engineering Inc. > Information Systems Consultant Fax:701-281-1322 > URL: www.ae-solutions.commailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Joshua Ginsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brainstorm Internet Network Operations -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] PDC without profiles?
Hi -- I'd like to try running Samba as a PDC simply for authentication -- that is without doing any profile management, i.e. I'd like Windows to not write anything to the network after logout. Is this possible with Samba? I'm not seeing an obvious answer to this. Thanks! -jag -- Joshua Ginsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brainstorm Internet Network Operations -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
Re: [Samba] Compareing backends
Hi Jim -- My OpenLDAP directory when well tuned and absolutely hammered outruns a well tuned MySQL server. YMMV, as always. Different applications and different configurations run differently using different software. But duh. Why bother with LDAP? I authenticate 15,000 users off of an existing LDAP direcory for a number of different services, including UNIX logins, mail processing, and Windows logins. The UNIX logins and mail processing were in place and using LDAP well before I integrated Samba into my LDAP directory. Why would I not use the LDAP backend when everything else in my network does? Or to turn your question around on you, why would I bother with SQL? -jag On Wed, 2004-07-14 at 09:54, Jim C. wrote: > How does the speed of SQL compare to the speed of LDAP? If the speeds > are comparable, why bother with LDAP, which doesn't handle writes very well? > > > Jim C. > -- > > - > | I can be reached on the following Instant Messenger services: | > |---| > | MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: WyteLi0n ICQ: 123291844 | > |---| > | Y!: j_c_llings Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > --------- -- Joshua Ginsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brainstorm Internet Network Operations -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
[Samba] Profiles upload but don't download?
Hello -- I'm testing out using 3.0.3 from the Fedora Core 2 distro (recompiled from SRPM to include ldapsam) as a PDC with an OpenLDAP backend. I've got the PDC functions working excellently. I've got Roaming Profiles (with the PDC as the profile host) partially working, but I can't get the full functionality I want. I have two test workstations that I'm working with. I joined the first (XP Pro SP 1) to the domain, rebooted, and logged in using a normal user account authenticated off of the PDC. A new, blank roaming profile was created. On the desktop I made an empty folder for testing purposes. I then logged out. I then joined the second machine (XP Pro) to the domain, rebooted, and logged in using the same normal user account. The empty folder appeared on the desktop as expected. As another test, I deleted the folder and then logged out. I looked on the PDC in the folder where the empty folder was created, and though that empty folder had been deleted from the second workstation and the profile supposedly saved, the folder remained on the PDC. I manually deleted the empty folder from the command line on the PDC. Then I logged back into the first workstation. The empty folder existed on the Desktop even though it didn't exist on the PDC. I logged back out of the first workstation and looked at the PDC again. The first workstation in saving the profile recreated the empty folder on the PDC. Then I logged back into the first workstation again where the empty folder reappeared on the desktop. I then deleted the folder from the desktop and logged out. The PDC still has the empty folder, however logging back into the first workstation I see that it does not. So as a final test, I logged into the second workstation and created a new empty folder on the desktop and then logged out. The new empty folder did appear on the PDC. Then I logged back into the second workstation and renamed the new empty folder I had created. After logging out and looking at the PDC, I find that the PDC has two copies of that empty folder, one with the name when it was created, and one with the renamed name. The net effect I'm observing is that I can't seem to get either of the two machines to refresh their copies of the Roaming Profile from the PDC. The machines will push their profiles back onto the PDC, but only new files -- any ones deleted or renamed aren't reflected on the PDC. I've tried going into MMC and enabling the "Delete cached copies of Roaming Profiles on Logout" flag, but it doesn't seem to have an effect. Any suggestions on how to get these profiles to properly synchronize themselves on login and logout? The smbd.log doesn't appear to contain any useful information. Thanks! -jag -- Joshua Ginsberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brainstorm Internet Network Operations -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: http://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
