XP logon to SAMBA

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Fri May 7 12:59:00 EDT 2004


That may be but why can't I log into the domain?

> Just as Bob said :). The netlogon share is MS's base share for domain
> related stuff.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Robert Meyer <meyer_rm at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 07:07:48 -0700 (PDT)
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: Re: XP logon to SAMBA
>
>> You would only use that if you were using a per user login script.  This
>> typically does things like map drives, etc.  I would comment it out
>> unless it's
>> something you need.  Normally, you'd use a system wide logon script.
>> This is a
>> Microsoft Batch file and you would give a complete path to it such as:
>> logon script = \\servername\netlogon\logon.bat
>> or some such.
>>
>> You would have to have a 'netlogon' share defined to make the above
>> example
>> work and then in the directory that you defined for the share, you would
>> put a
>> 'logon.bat' command script that did whatever you needed it to do.  Some
>> places
>> use it to map drives or make sure that local updates are performed.  If
>> you
>> don't need to do system wide scripts, then comment it out.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Bob
>> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>> > This was a subject a while ago. I am trying to setup xp domain logins
>> to
>> > SAMBA. Carl sent me his copy of smb.conf file and a brief explanation.
>> I
>> > am getting stuck on the "logon script = %U.bat" line. Just exactly how
>> > does this logon script get made? What is needed in it and where should
>> > it reside? Any help? Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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