OK now this is most likely a really stupid question but I've joined the domain but it won't save the profiles to the linux PDC. If any would could you please tell me where to look that would be great. I think that it might be some secrity setting in linux but the profile dir. is 777 so I just don't know.

Find your samba source files, the documentation for it should answer your question.

samba-2.2.7a/docs/htmldocs/Samba-PDC-HOWTO.html

if not then maytbe more specifics like who joined what domain and what specificially are "the profiles" ie user profiles, computer accounts, etc and from what OS ie XP, 2K, etc and what options are in your [profiles] and [general] sections of smb.conf. and how much of it is working already.

Groovy I've got a Win2k on the domain and then when I log on it says something like it can't create the users profile at such and such a place (where is told to) I will have to post my smb.conf later (I'm at work)

check list:

I have the computer account made
I can get the user to log on



Thanks for helpin' me I've looked every where as to what could be the problem and again I'll post my smb.conf asap.

1- did create user and computer accounts on the samba servers
2- login as a samba user ( same as linux user)
the pofile as upload in to avery user home

I'm not sure what your trying to say balam? as far as I can tell you just saying the same thing that I've already said.

here is my smb.conf

[global]
;basic server settings
workgroup = CARTOONCORNER
netbios name = Voltamort
server string = Samba PDC running %v
socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192
;PDC and master browser settings
os level = 64
preferred master = yes
local master = yes
domain master = yes
;security and logging settings
security = user
encrypt passwords = yes
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
log level = 2
max log size = 50
hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
;user profiles and home directory
logon home = \\%L\%U\
logon drive = H:
logon path = \\%L\profiles\%U
logon script = netlogon.bat
[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes

[profiles]
path = /home/samba/profiles
writeable = yes
browseable = yes
;create mask = 0600
;directory mask = 0700

[netlogon]
comment = Network Logon Service
path = /home/samba/netlogon
read only = yes
browseable = no
write list = tom

with

logon home = \\%L\%U\

You need to then set up a [homes] share in smb.conf, details are in Samba-PDC-HOWTO referenced earlier. This document pretty much has all the same info I could offer and if I didn't know offhand how to do it, that would be where I would look.

And I guess if that's not working an even clearer picture would help:

-samba is acting as the PDC yes/no?
-win2k is pro or whatever they called the workstation version?
-you have a working samba account for the user logging in aka smbpasswd, corresponding linux account, etc?
-you have a working samba computer account for the workstation aka smbpasswd, corresponding linux account, etc?
-the profiles get placed into the shared folder but not read, or they don't get that far?
-showing up in net neighborhood <> joining the domain but does the samba box show up there?

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
browseable = no
writeable = yes


would this work? because it's alread in the smb.conf

everthing works but windows says it can't create the profiles at //Voltamort/profile/<username>.pds I can see the computer Network neighborhood..... after looking the smb.conf over again I think I found something.... but I'm going to have to check it

This is a really good tutorial.

Just follow the steps and you shouldn't have any difficuties.


http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/tu...mba/index.html

There is an entire section on roaming profiles.

Peace.