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Re: [opensuse] Samba Shares - Home vs. Profile
- From: G T Smith <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:46:53 +0100
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Greg Freemyer wrote:
> All,
>
> I setup a couple internal Samba fileservers for my company about 5
> years ago. (SuSE 8.1 I think originally).
>
> I don't remember the details but I created a "Homes" share, that when
> viewed from a windows machine showed up as the users login name.
>
> I just created a new fileserver from scratch (OpenSUSE 10.2). Instead
> of a Homes share, it has a Profiles share. It seems similar, but it
> is named Profiles for everyone, even though the underlying share
> appears to be unique per user.
>
> I suspect I ended up with "Homes" because I told Samba it was part of
> a workgroup. And I ended up with "Profiles" because I told Samba it
> was going to be the master PDC. (We are currently workgroup only, but
> I would like to make the new fileserver act as a PDC eventually.)
>
> So my question is how the 2 shares should be used, and if I should
> keep both or get rid of one. And maybe someone could provide some
> background of what the Profiles share is really meant to be used for.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
The Profiles share is for the storing user profiles for things like
roaming profiles. Most NT admins avoid using roaming profiles, but for
setting a global workstation configuration or global default for NT/XP
it can be quite useful. Read up on the profile mechanism before using.
It is not for user data. Homes should map to home directories.
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Greg Freemyer wrote:
> All,
>
> I setup a couple internal Samba fileservers for my company about 5
> years ago. (SuSE 8.1 I think originally).
>
> I don't remember the details but I created a "Homes" share, that when
> viewed from a windows machine showed up as the users login name.
>
> I just created a new fileserver from scratch (OpenSUSE 10.2). Instead
> of a Homes share, it has a Profiles share. It seems similar, but it
> is named Profiles for everyone, even though the underlying share
> appears to be unique per user.
>
> I suspect I ended up with "Homes" because I told Samba it was part of
> a workgroup. And I ended up with "Profiles" because I told Samba it
> was going to be the master PDC. (We are currently workgroup only, but
> I would like to make the new fileserver act as a PDC eventually.)
>
> So my question is how the 2 shares should be used, and if I should
> keep both or get rid of one. And maybe someone could provide some
> background of what the Profiles share is really meant to be used for.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
The Profiles share is for the storing user profiles for things like
roaming profiles. Most NT admins avoid using roaming profiles, but for
setting a global workstation configuration or global default for NT/XP
it can be quite useful. Read up on the profile mechanism before using.
It is not for user data. Homes should map to home directories.
- --
==============================================================================
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my
telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
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