Setting Up Roaming User Profiles

A roaming user profile is a server-based user profile that is downloaded to the local computer when a user logs in and is updated both on the client and on the server when the user logs out. A roaming profile is available from the server when logging in to any computer running the Solstice Network Client software on Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server, or Windows 95. A roaming user profile enables a user to log in to the network from any computer and work with the same desktop settings.

You can store roaming user profiles created on computers running Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server, or Windows 95 on an NFS server.

To use a roaming user profile, a user must have a user account on that computer. On Windows 95, each user can create a user account by specifying a user name and password when logging in.

You can create user accounts in Windows NT in one of the following ways:

• If you have an NT domain set up, log in to the domain controller as administrator and create a domain user account for each user. Set the profile path in each user account on the domain controller to the location of the profile on the NFS server.

• If you do not have an NT domain set up, log in to each NT workstation as Administrator and create a local user account for each user. You must also set the profile path in each user account on each NT workstation to the location of the profile on the NFS server.