Re: [Bug 1064] samba configuration needs to be corrected for domain logons

[Ronny Aasen <ronny@skolelinux.no>]

Florian Reitmeir wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Ronny Aasen wrote:
>
>   
>>> i only had troubles using "roaming" profiles. I think thats the correct
>>> samba-term for the feature.
>>>
>>> roaming profiles, are really bad.
>>>       
>
>   
>> we use roaming profiles for all the windows machienes and realy do
>> depend on it.
>> In my opinion the best solution is to educate the users, yes it's the
>> most work.
>>     
>
> i think its hell, to educate users how things work for windows&linux on the
> same time.
>   
>   
>> the second best is to exclude some things from the profile. eg redirect
>> my documents to home/priv, and not sync things like IE cache, local
>> settings and temp areas. (this is very site/application spesific so a
>> sane default is hard to do)
>>
>> the third (worst) to disable roming profiles.  for other sites this is
>> perhaps the best solution :)
>>     
>
> thats completly the point.
> there is _no_, nice solution, and .. for the most people which only use some
> windows machines, its the best solution.
>
> An other thing is, if roaming-profiles are disabled by default, nobody gets
> hurd. The worst is, that some people are missing the feature. But there are
> no quota problems, and there are no other bad things..
>
> and everybody can just enable them.. and if he/she does he has to alter the
> windows installation aswell.
>
>
>   
>> Alas needs are allways different, and if some school can afford lisence
>> costs for windows they should be able to  afford the cost of maintaining
>> them as well. It's not like this is any less a problem on a pure windows
>> system.
>>     
>
> Installations i know, end in chaos, simply because no one knows how to do it
> right. On pure window installations you get often told "please don't try to
> logon with you user on this machine, because.. there isn't enough diskspace
> on the machine, the program 'x' won't work, the server can't take the
> load..."
>
>   
>> And in the end. it's better to stick close to the default and have the
>> benefit of the huge amount of documentation online, then to create our
>> own defaults that will be very debian edu spesific, and only change the
>> group of users that must do manual tweaks.
>>     
>
> for me, the majority isn't using roaming profiles. And the problem, that to
> use such profiles correctly, the windows machines have to be installed in a
> special way (at least some programs) just hardens my point.
>  
>   
>> ofcourse if 99% wanted to disable profiles i would be inclined to agree,
>> but i do not think that's the case.
>>     
>
>   
By the way, if you want to influence the decition process you should add
your opinions to the bugreport at
http://bugs.skolelinux.no/show_bug.cgi?id=1064



Ronny Aasen