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On Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:39:43 +0000 Mark Evans wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Grant Sewell wrote: > > > > > One side of me is saying "stick to Samba as PDC with Dovecot and > > other things and figure out why Vista won't load roaming profiles > > from Samba". > > With Vista (and later versions of Windows) Microsoft dramatically > changed their profile format. IIRC they also added some "sanity > checks" so that if files are not where they are expected the whole > thing just gets into a mess. > > > > > Another side of me is saying "look for a Linux distro that sorts > > this out for you". > > > > The final side of me says "they don't actually *need* roaming > > profiles or hotdesking, so don't worry about the PDC thing at all" > > On a LAN you'd generally be better off using "Folder Redirection" than > "roaming profiles". This also stands more chance of interoperating > with XP and Vista. Since AFAIK Microsoft have made fewer changes to > the applicable registry keys in NTUSER.DAT Is there any way to mandate folder redirection from the server side of things? I know I can do this via Group Policy on a Windows Server 2000+ system, but as far as I can tell, only Samba 4 (which is still in alpha/beta) supports Group Policies - all other version of Samba merely mimic an NT4 domain controller. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html