Samba, WinVista and Roaming Profiles

[Tim Judd]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Peter Ulrich Kruppa <ulrich at pukruppa.net>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I hope my question isn't too off-topic for this list, but usually some
> people come up with good ideas ...
>
> We have got a FreeBSD Samba Server (set up as PDC) and about 100 WinXP
> desktops and laptops. The WinXP machines can log into the network, connect
> to home directories and shares and download (roaming) profiles. Everything
> works fine with them.
>
> Now we have purchased 2 new WinVista desktops. Login and shares work all
> right, but they can't download the profiles. They will deliver an error
> message saying they lack appropriate permissions.
>
> Any idea what is happening there?
>
> Thanks for your help and greetings,
>
> Uli.
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "
> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>


http://lists.samba.org/archive/samba-technical/2007-April/053051.html

May the power of Google help your next question's answer.  Long story short,
Vista's "profile" is incompatible with anything older.  It must use a "V2"
of the profile.