homefolders on a 2003 server not populating internal folders properly

[smuth]

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I am trying to migrate home folders from an xserve to a Windows 2003 environment. I prefer to use SMB for the home folders must be XP and 10.4 accessible and I see no reason to run 2 protocols, not to mention the limitations with AFP on Windows.

I have used Directory Access and the mountstyle -localhome disable. Everything is working except I do not get folders within the user’s home folder on the 2003 server, I only get a Desktop and a Library Folder, nothing else. The user can save to the folder and not to the local drive which is perfect for our environment. How do I get the user’s folders populated with Documents, Music, etc automatically?When I set the path on the 2003 server, the empty top level folders are created automatically.

I know its a minor detail but I want everything to look like it is on the original server. I could populate them with a script but that would be awkward and I don’t want to overwrite any existing data. I’m still in the experimental/proof of concept on this but I need to move quickly to take advantage of existing SAN space.

thanks

Smuth

[smuth]

Guess I’ll post the answer – As 10.4.6 only requires the Library and Desktop to function, that is all that is created on a SMB share.

[schilled]

You probably already figured out your sollution but what I believe we found was that once the user goes to save a document, music, or a picture it creates those folders. But I have not tested this so I may be wrong.

[Anonymous]

I also saw this, dosnt seem to be a problem, however have you tried to capture a movie with IMovie? For some reason I think SMB Does not like IMovie. I am unable to capture any video into IMovie unless I import a video before trying to capture. I am also unable to convert quicktime movie’s on the user share. If you have any Ideas about this please let me know, Thanks, Beamsjr

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