[Samba] best way to deal with Windows 7 (.V2) profiles?

2010-08-09 Thread Stefan Onken
Hello, I have some users using sometimes Windows XP and sometimes Windows 7. In my smb.comf I only have one profile section, now Samba is creating both "profile" and "profile.V2" in the /home/ directory. Resulting in using twice the disk space. 1) Is there any way to link them ? 2) Do I need

Re: [Samba] wrong permissions on windows

2008-01-18 Thread Stefan Onken
Am Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2008 schrieb Ryan Novosielski: > A time change by default in Windows requires a user to be in the > "Power Users" group. There is a group with normal access BELOW > that level (whose name escapes me) that users end up in unless > something special is done. thanks. With t

[Samba] wrong permissions on windows

2008-01-16 Thread Stefan Onken
Hello, I recently moved a samba fileserver and PDC to a new server. Since then, all Windows Users have very limited permissions, not allowing changing even the time settings. Before moving the server, each windows user had the same rights as a "Standard User" or "Main User" (not sure about the

[Samba] mount error 22 = Invalid argument

2005-03-13 Thread Stefan Onken
Hello, maybe its not a 100% Samba related question, but I guess this is the best place to ask. We are running a couple of WIndows 2003 Server at several locations. With a Linux client box running kernel 2.6.x everything works fine, with some older boxes running SuSE 9.0 (Kernel 2.4.21) it does

[Samba] Printing via Samba fails

2005-01-07 Thread Stefan Onken
Hello, I am trying to setup a Samba 3.0.x Network, which should replace an old Samba 2.2.7 network. We do have three Printers in the Network which are handled by Cups. I would like to share these printer via Samba. But if I try to add these printer on a windows box via (rough english translat

[Samba] Samba crashes under SuSE 8.0

2002-04-24 Thread Stefan Onken
Hello, my first posting in this list. Hope, that everything is ok.. My nickname Stonki, I am German and living in SE London. The Problem: After updating (complete new installation) of my workstation, Samba crashes constantly when I try to mount the share. Client: SuSE 8 stonki@stonki:~> uname