To Set Up Roaming User Profiles on Windows NT

To assign the same preconfigured roaming user profile to multiple user accounts, enter a separate user profile path for each user account, and use System in Control Panel (User Profiles tab) to copy the preconfigured user profile to the server location for each user.

1. Log in to an NFS server as root and make sure each user is properly set up and has an assigned home directory.

   Store each user's profile in the user's home directory on the server. You can store user profiles in another location on the server, but it is not recommended.

2. Make sure the directory is world readable. For example:

   # cd / # chmod 755 /home/users

3. Share the top level directory of the file system. For example:

   # share -F nfs /home

4. On a computer running Windows NT Workstation 4.0 or Server 4.0, log in as an Administrative user and customize the desktop as you want it to be for the user profile.

5. Click Start, point to Programs, then point to Administrative Tools (Common), and select User Manager.

6. Double-click a user from the listed user names.

   The User Properties dialog box opens.

7. Click Profile.

   The User Environment Profile dialog box opens.

8. In the User Profile Path box, type the complete path to the profile on an NFS server in the form: \\server\mount_point\directory 1\directory 2\...

   The mount point is the directory you shared in Step 3. Specify the complete path name to the profile on the server. For example: \\saturn\home\users

9. Click OK to close the User Environment Profile dialog box. Click OK again to close the User Properties dialog box.

10. Select Exit from the User menu to close the User Manager dialog box.

11. (Optional) Copy a preconfigured user profile to the user profile path location.

    1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Control Panel.

    2. Double-click System and then click User Profiles.

    3. Under Profiles Stored On This Computer, select the profile to copy to the Solaris server and click Copy To.

    4. Type the location of the user profile on the server.

       This should be the same location you typed in Step 8.

    5. Click OK to close the Copy To dialog box. Then click OK to close the User Profiles tab.

       When the user logs out, the client automatically places an updated copy of the user profile in the user profile path on the server. In the following example, the server is named saturn: \\saturn\home\users\mary\ntuser.dat