HP CIFS Server 3.0a Administrator's Guide version A.02.01

Backup Domain Controller Support

Roaming Proﬁles

Chapter 598

Roaming Proﬁles

HP CIFS Server, conﬁgured as a BDC, supports roaming proﬁles with

the following features:

• A user’s environment, preference settings, desktop settings, and so

on, are stored on HP CIFS Server.

• Roaming proﬁles can be created as a share, and be shared between

Windows clients.

• When a user logs on to a workstation in the domain, the roaming

proﬁle is downloaded from the share on a HP CIFS Server that is

conﬁgured as a BDC, to the local machine. Upon logout, the proﬁle is

copied back to the server.

Conﬁguring Roaming Proﬁles

Use the following procedure to conﬁgure roaming proﬁles:

1. Modify or enable roaming proﬁles by using the global parameter,

logon path, in the smb.conf ﬁle. Example:

[global]

logon path = \\PDCNAME\profile\%U

workgroup = SAMBADOM

security = user

encrypt passwords = yes

domain logon = yes

2. Create a [profiles] share for roaming proﬁles. The following is an

example conﬁguration for the [profiles] share:

[profiles]

path = /var/opt/samba/profiles

read only = no

create mode = 600

directory mode = 770

writeable = yes

browseable = no

guest ok = no