HP CIFS Server 3.0f Administrator's Guide verison A.02.03

Figure 4-1 Entering A Samba PDC Domain Name
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. Set profile acls = yes for the profile share
used for the user profile files. Do not set profile acls = yes on normal shares as this will result
in incorrect ownership of the files created on those shares. The following is an example configuration
for the [profiles] share:
[profiles]
profile acls = yes
path = /etc/opt/samba/profiles
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