Roaming profiles query?

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Bonge Boo!

If this is in the wrong group perhaps someone could let me know where it
should go?

I have a really really simple question about the different types of logins
you can have when you've joined a domain. The reason is because I want to
design an office where about 20 people can hot-desk between machines...

I've made my computer join a domain hosted by a Primary Domain Controller.
Great.

When I login, I can either keep my work locally on the "client" computer, or
have the account setup as a roaming profile which downloads the profile from
the server to a local copy, then synchronises the data on logout.

However lets assume someone has a 2Gb email database. That a hell of a lot
of data to transfer. Then lets assume you've got 20 of them. Come login time
the network is going to get thrashed.

Is there another type of login I'm too stupid to know about where all the
data is all kept on the server and you simplyuse it off the server?

If not can I modify the policies for a roaming profile so that certain
folder are excluded (basically email data)

I'm trying to make a system were people's My Docs folder, bookmarks etc. can
follow the around the network, but not necessarily there email. We don't use
Exchange for email, just POP. So would using an IMAP mail account reduce the
thrashing the server and network receives?

If anyone has links to "idiots guides to hot-desking" web sites that would
be fabulous.

TIA.
 
bonge

exclude the outlook path via group policy user configuration\administrative
templates\system\user profiles\exclude directories in roaming profile
 
bonge

exclude the outlook path via group policy user configuration\administrative
templates\system\user profiles\exclude directories in roaming profile
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As I don't have a Windows server to play with, just a Samba based one, is
this something I can do on the Admin account on each of the desktops? Go
round on each desktop and do? And if so could I do a Registry export of the
relevant keys? Might speed it up a bit.

One major worry is the crash/resync situation. Does the server overwrite the
client, or can the client force a sync on restart and then login?
 
Please read your initial question. what does this have to do with SAMBA?
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Err. Everything. I don't think I said anywhere that I was using a Windows
server as the PDC, or as the machine hosting the roaming profiles. Any SAMBA
server can replace a Windows server for this purpose quite happily, which is
what I am doing.

I just wanted to get clear in my mind the different types of accounts a user
can have on a domain.

My question about how I would exclude certain folders, by editing the group
policies on the client machines still stands.

And again: One major worry is the crash/resync situation. Does the server
overwrite the client, or can the client force a sync on restart and then
login
 
Hi

you are posting in microsoft.public.win2000.active_directory its kinda assumed unless specified you are using MS servers

:-)
 
For my Roaming Profiles, I merely cheated and for each user, they have
a directory on my server with their logon. There are two directories
under that: a files directory, and a profile directory. The profile
directory contains the roaming profile, and they get a shortcut to the
files directory on their desktop. I also put the user's e-mail (as a
Microsoft user, I have the PST) in the files directory. This gives them
the ability to suck down a roaming profile fairly quickly, but still
have access to the e-mail portion with relative ease, but not kill the
bandwidth. This also gives the user accessable storage from wherever
they sit by saving all files to their "files" directory.
 
Why not assign the "files" directory as their home drive in their AD profile
or in the logon scripts? You could also re-direct their "My Documents" to
the same folder....
 
For my Roaming Profiles, I merely cheated and for each user, they have
a directory on my server with their logon. There are two directories
under that: a files directory, and a profile directory. The profile
directory contains the roaming profile, and they get a shortcut to the
files directory on their desktop. I also put the user's e-mail (as a
Microsoft user, I have the PST) in the files directory. This gives them
the ability to suck down a roaming profile fairly quickly, but still
have access to the e-mail portion with relative ease, but not kill the
bandwidth. This also gives the user accessable storage from wherever
they sit by saving all files to their "files" directory.
Click to expand...

Ta for that. I'll have to try and work through this info and come up with a
viable system.

Many thanks for all responses.
 
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