A brief Introduction about Roaming Profile
Roaming
profiles are user profiles which
stores on server, that allows users with a computer joined to a Server (DC) to
log on to any computer on the same network and access their profile data from
server. This profile is slow than other profile while logon and logoff.
After log off user account all the data switch from client computer to server
on user profile.
Configuring Samba 4 Roaming Profiles
Login
on samba 4 server with root user and check few things:
Identify
running process of samba
[root@server ~]#ps -ef | grep samba
Identify on
which ports and interfaces Samba is listening
[root@server ~]#netstat -tunlp | grep samba
Create one or more user in Active directory
Doamin
user name: gopal and prabhat
Create a directory
called “userprofiles”
inside “/” on samba 4 server
[root@server ~]# mkdir /userprofiles
Provide full permission to
directory
root@server ~]#chmod 777 /userprofiles
Make an entry of created
directory in “smb.conf” file for sharing purpose among users ,
where user profile will store on server.
[root@server ~]# vim
/usr/local/samba/etc/smb.conf
[userprofiles]
path = /userprofiles
read only = no
valid users= gopal
Now, Restart
the samba daemon
[root@server ~]# /usr/local/samba/sbin/samba
Or,
[root@server ~]# /usr/local/samba/sbin/samba
Or,
[root@server ~]# samba
Or,
[root@server ~]# smbcontrol all reload-config
Test now
[root@server ~]# kinit administrator@KVIT.IN
Check the
available shared directory
[root@server ~]# smbclient -L localhost -U%
Domain=[KVIT] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba
4.3.0pre1-GIT-d098b6c]
Sharename
Type Comment
——— —- ——-
netlogon
Disk
sysvol
Disk
userprofiles
Disk
IPC$
IPC IPC Service (Samba
4.3.0pre1-GIT-d098b6c)
Domain=[KVIT] OS=[Windows 6.1] Server=[Samba
4.3.0pre1-GIT-d098b6c]
Server
Comment
——— ——-
Workgroup
Master
Now go to your windows client
machine where you have installed the remote administration tool(AD)for your
domain server and define users to whom you want set roaming profile and set the
path where user profile will created on server.
Go to
run prompt and type dsa.msc to open Active
Directory console and
set user profile path.
Now login in to client machine with domain user and check whether user profile is created or not on server and after user logout all user profile will be shift on server.
Login with above define roaming profile on client machine
Now, check the status on server
[root@server ~]# cd /userprofiles/
[root@server userprofiles]# ls
gopal.V2
After logout
[root@server userprofiles]# cd gopal.V2/
[root@server gopal.V2]# ls
output:
AppData Contacts Desktop Documents Downloads Favorites Links Music NTUSER.DAT ntuser.ini Pictures Saved Games Searches Videos
Now, successfully roaming user profile is shifted on server
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