-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG6skNasN0sSnLmgIRAjABAJ4nIKFPf98qz+63hFUkA5Y6cv7/GQCgnBmO 415lTh/dhPUnmIkV2q9KJTU= =UUIp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org