Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-02 Thread Charlie Brady
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Greg Zartman wrote: Samba does allow smb.conf include files (not sure if that is the correct term for this). What matters is when the include file section is interpreted. What will be required is that the include is re-interpreted at every user login, and before the

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-01 Thread Rob Hillis
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001 06:50, Darrell May wrote: I thought you were one of the advocates of roaming profiles An incorrect assumption. Some people require roaming profiles. I have simply worked to make this possible but never have I publicly recommended them. Anyone that has asked me

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-01 Thread David Brown
Given this statement, is it possible for *some* users to have roaming profiles? I know I personally dislike roaming profiles under Windoze, since there tends to be a configuration fight between installation of Windoze on different machines, but equally, I recognise that they're absolutely

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-01 Thread Charlie Brady
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Rob Hillis wrote: Personally, I'd prefer a change to the Modify user account panel that has a checkbox to enable/disable roaming profiles... As David has said, I don't think samba can do this. Maybe there's some way of fiddling the registry per user in the netlogon

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-01 Thread Rob Hillis
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 06:05, Charlie Brady wrote: Personally, I'd prefer a change to the Modify user account panel that has a checkbox to enable/disable roaming profiles... As David has said, I don't think samba can do this. Maybe there's some way of fiddling the registry per user in the

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-01 Thread Charlie Brady
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Rob Hillis wrote: On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 06:05, Charlie Brady wrote: A pity... It'd be nice if it was an available feature, as there are some users that absolutely require a roaming profile... and others that it's more of a liability. If it is something that Samba doesn't

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-01 Thread Rob Hillis
A pity... It'd be nice if it was an available feature, as there are some users that absolutely require a roaming profile... and others that it's more of a liability. If it is something that Samba doesn't support, let's hope it's something that's being thought of for later... Does NT

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-12-01 Thread Greg Zartman
As David has said, I don't think samba can do this. Maybe there's some way of fiddling the registry per user in the netlogon script, but I suspect that by the time that script is running it's too late. But you'd only use a roaming profile for the first login that way. Samba does allow

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-11-30 Thread Gordon Rowell
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 06:46:20AM -, Darrell May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The issue of roaming profiles is one that is best avoided. I myself have a strong preference for local profiles and advise anyone that I directly consult with to implement roaming profiles, only when absolutely

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-11-30 Thread Jeff Coleman
My first foray into this discussion, but as a company that supports hundreds of WinX clients, I would very much agree with Darrell. Roaming is not an option for the faint hearted and is best kept to no unless specifically enabled. The web panel mgr would be the perfect place for this option.

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-11-30 Thread Darrell May
Gordon Rowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I thought you were one of the advocates of roaming profiles An incorrect assumption. Some people require roaming profiles. I have simply worked to make this possible but never have I publicly recommended them. Anyone that has asked me directly, my

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-11-30 Thread Gordon Rowell
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 07:10:50AM -0700, Jeff Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My first foray into this discussion, but as a company that supports hundreds of WinX clients, I would very much agree with Darrell. Roaming is not an option for the faint hearted and is best kept to no unless

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-11-30 Thread Darrell May
Gordon Rowell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: For 5.1 we can default RoamingProfiles|no and allow it to be set through the configuration database with one command. We can think about the UI toggle for a later release. Gordon, I do not know why you take this stance. We are in beta1 mode are we

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-11-30 Thread Gordon Rowell
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 08:52:47PM -, Darrell May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Gordon, I do not know why you take this stance. Because we must make a choice as to which features should be presented to the majority of users. And, as I said, there are impacts on other areas, for

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Workgroup panel roaming profiles option?

2001-11-30 Thread Greg Zartman
Adding the server-manager toggle makes it easy for people who do not know the ramifications to enable roaming profiles. If they are as problematic as the people on this list say, it is better for it to be a conscious decision at the command line, covered by a HOWTO. Gordon, I respectfully