From ef0b39006ef736bbacd4dc6c5b75a114f5f36d91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samba Release Account Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 15:35:43 +0000 Subject: added info about _not_ using \\SAMBA_SERVER\HOMES\profile - must use \\SAMBA_SERVER\%U\profile for the profile path. documented default profile path changing to \\%L\%U\profile, so that w95 and NT can use the same profile directory: you cannot use \\%L\%U for NT profiles. lkcl (This used to be commit 588039b6dfd1397532ef8969fb5f2bb3aafbddde) --- docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/manpages/smb.conf.5') diff --git a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 index 1eed1fcd868..a0a96f26ff6 100644 --- a/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 +++ b/docs/manpages/smb.conf.5 @@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ see "debug level" .SS logon path (G) This parameter specifies the home directory where roaming profiles -(USER.DAT / USER.MAN files) are stored. +(USER.DAT / USER.MAN files for Windows 95) are stored. This option takes the standard substitutions, allowing you to have separate logon scripts for each user or machine. It also specifies @@ -1603,11 +1603,16 @@ be made read-only. It is not adviseable that the USER.DAT file be made read-only - rename it to USER.MAN to achieve the desired effect (a MANdatory profile). +Windows clients can sometimes maintain a connection to the [homes] +share, even though there is no user logged in. Therefore, it is +vital that the logon path does not include a reference to the +homes share (i.e \\\\%L\\HOMES\profile_path will cause problems). + .B Default: - logon path = \\\\%L\\%U + logon path = \\\\%L\\%U\\profile .B Example: - logon path = \\\\PROFILESERVER\\HOME_DIR\\%U + logon path = \\\\PROFILESERVER\\HOME_DIR\\%U\\PROFILE .SS logon script (G) -- cgit