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Extended info on Win95 logins to Windows NT.
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Contributors: Bruce Cook <BC3-AU@bigfoot.com>
Copyright (C) 1998 Bruce Cook
John Terpestra <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
Copyright (C) 1998 John H. Terpestra
John Terpstra <samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au>
Copyright (C) 1998 John H. Terpstra
Wolfgang Ratzka <ratzka@hrz.uni-marburg.de>
Copyright (C) 1998 Wolfgang Ratzka
@ -125,6 +125,19 @@ machine.
the user doesn't get whatever happened last on the machine, the user will
get a fairly minimalist configuration.
[[jht:
When a Win95 machine logs onto a Windows NT Domain the Win95 machine looks
for the presence of a file called Config.Pol in the following location:
\\"Authenticating Server"\NETLOGON
It reads this file and uses it to ammend both the desktop environment as well
as the file %WinDir%\Profiles\%USERNAME%\User.DAT. As with Windows NT, on log
out this file gets written back to the profile server into the %USERNAME%
directory in the profile share.
It is thus possible to share a common desktop profile between Windows NT and
Windows 9x.
:jht]]
4. There are a *LOT* of reasons that the 'doze machine might not find USER.DAT
and therefore default to a prototype.
@ -209,6 +222,11 @@ The standard registry files are:
Security - Domain/Machine releated User Rights & Privs.
SAM - the Security Access Manager database (ie:Passwords etc.)
[[jht:
The SAM and Security files are the only files that get synchronised between
Windows NT Domain Controllers.
:jht]]
These are used by EVERYTHING!!
When a user logs in the following files get checked:
@ -218,6 +236,13 @@ When a user logs in the following files get checked:
from (1) above - if available.
3) %SystemRoot%\Policies\%UserName%\NTUser.DAT
[[jht:
The System Policy Editor on Windows NT can be used to create both the
Windows 95 "Config.Pol" file, as well as the Windows NT "NTConfig.Pol"
file. To create the Windows 95 policy file you MUST load the Windows 95
policy template BEFORE creating the Config.Pol file.
:jht]]
The later, is first obtained from a profile server if the User_Init_Info
passed from the Domain Logon Server specifies use of a roaming profile.
If item (3) does NOT exist and/or NO default profile is available one gets