User created remotly with usrmgr.exe (from an XP box in my case) lacks profile info (Home Directory, HomeDir Drive, Logon Script and Profile Path). user created locally with smbpasswd or pdbedit, shows profile info created correctly. So managing Samba as a PDC with roaming profiles from usrmgr.exe is impossible. I think it can prevent smooth transition when introducing Samba in a (previously) full windows environment. thanks. User created remotly (Usrmgr.exe) --------------------------------- ocb:~# pdbedit -Lv test_user Unix username: test_user NT username: Account Flags: [U ] User SID: S-1-5-21-230672243-2454288981-608407499-3026 Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-230672243-2454288981-608407499-513 Full Name: test user Home Directory: HomeDir Drive: Logon Script: Profile Path: Domain: COUSPEAU Account desc: Workstations: Munged dial: Logon time: 0 Logoff time: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 GMT Kickoff time: 0 Password last set: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:10:23 GMT Password can change: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 21:10:23 GMT Password must change: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 GMT Last bad password : 0 Bad password count : 0 Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF User created locally : ----------------------- ocb:~# pdbedit -Lv jean Unix username: jean NT username: Account Flags: [U ] User SID: S-1-5-21-230672243-2454288981-608407499-3024 Primary Group SID: S-1-5-21-230672243-2454288981-608407499-513 Full Name: Home Directory: \\ocb\jean HomeDir Drive: H: Logon Script: login.bat Profile Path: \\ocb\profiles\jean Domain: COUSPEAU Account desc: Workstations: Munged dial: Logon time: 0 Logoff time: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 GMT Kickoff time: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 GMT Password last set: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:54:57 GMT Password can change: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 20:54:57 GMT Password must change: Fri, 13 Dec 1901 21:45:51 GMT Last bad password : 0 Bad password count : 0 Logon hours : FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
It's because usrmgr.exe is explicitly setting these fields to NULL. You'll have to fill them in when you create the account. Nothing we can do about this I'm afraid.