The joys of Windows (fwd)

[Adam]

Thought you all would get a kick out of this :-)

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Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:25:31 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject: Re: The joys of Windows

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> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 09:32:50 +0930 (CST)
> To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au
>
> Or, "additional query words remove disappear delete".
>
> Someone just posted to the Samba team along the following lines: "I
> thought I would store my W2K Roaming Profile on my Samba server, just to
> make me feel safer. Everything worked perfectly. Then I went to log off,
> but it was taking forever. Then I noticed my Linux server's hard drive
> light! After a quick check I switched off the power and then restarted in
> single user mode. Large amounts of my home directory were gone!"
>
> For the information of readers who run mixed environments, and also for
> anyone who likes a good laugh, here is the Microsoft Knowledgebase
> article about the above situation. You don't need Samba to make it happen.
>
>   http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q182/0/79.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0
>
> Files Deleted from Home Directory on Logoff
>
>   The information in this article applies to:
>
>       Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
>       Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0
>       Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
>       Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
>       Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
>       Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
>
>   SYMPTOMS
>
>   When a user logs off, all files in the home directory are deleted.
>
>
>   CAUSE
>
>   Having both a Home Directory and Roaming Profile set to the same path is
>   a common cause of this.
>
>
>   RESOLUTION
>
>   To correct this problem, perform the following steps:
>
>      1.Start User Manager for Domains, and select the User's properties.
>
>      2.Under the Profile properties, specify a profile path that is
>        different from the home directory path.
>
>   It is acceptable to make the profile directory a subdirectory of the
>   home directory.
>
>   For example: \\Server\Share\HomeDirectory\Profile.
>
>
>   MORE INFORMATION
>
>   In the Windows NT 4.0 profiles and policies white paper (
>  http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/management/deployment/planguide/prof_policies.asp),
>   there is documentation concerning the roaming profile path encompassing
>   the home directory path.
>
>   Additional query words: remove disappear delete
>
>   Keywords : ntdomain
>   Version : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0
>   Platform : WINDOWS winnt
>   Issue type : kbprb
>   Technology :
>
>
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