HP CIFS Server 3.0b Administrator's Guide version A.02.01.01

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Roaming Proﬁles

Chapter 496

Roaming Proﬁles

The HP CIFS Server, conﬁgured as a PDC, supports Roaming Proﬁles

with the following features:

• A user’s environment, preference settings, desktop settings, etc. are

stored on the 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 which is on a HP CIFS Server

conﬁgured as a PDC, 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

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

[global]

logon path = \\%L\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 = /etc/opt/samba/profiles

read only = no

create mode = 600

directory mode = 770

writeable = yes

browseable = no

guest ok = no