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Old 05-07-2008, 10:48 PM   #1
npereira
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Folder sync on samba and xp


Hi all,

finaly got this working, but i've been racking my brains trying to figure out a better way to do this.

My problem is that one of the users loging into the samba domain, has about 3 gig's of files in his My Documents on the XP box.

Everytime the user logs out, the "Synchronizing" box comes up and takes about 15 minutes before the sync is completed....

How can I stop the sync from happening? The user puts all his docs in My Document, which is actualy mapped to Z:\username which happens to be on the samba server in /home/username. So I dont need this syncing...

Can someone point me in a direction or howto?

Thanks for the help...
 
Old 05-07-2008, 11:02 PM   #2
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Sounds liek a Windows issue isn't it?
 
Old 05-08-2008, 11:37 AM   #3
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can you be a bit more vague !
 
Old 05-08-2008, 11:51 AM   #4
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You have set up a roaming profile for the user? What's strange is that even with a roaming profile, it's not supposed to sync up EVERYTHING. It's only supposed to grab the changed files. Depending on your set up, you need to disable roaming profile either on the Windows box or in the SAMBA configuration

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Old 05-08-2008, 03:20 PM   #5
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can you be a bit more vague !
You've posted a windows question in a Linux forum
 
Old 05-31-2008, 08:12 PM   #6
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Disable Folder Sync on windows box

Open Windows Explorer
Select Tools --> Folder Options --> Then choose the "Offline Files" TAB --> Uncheck the box beside "Enable Offline Files"
That should do it. I'm assuming it's an offline folder sync because it's taking place at logout.

Good Luck!
 
  


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