Mark,

Windows machines on the network come and go quite frequently with multiple 
people using multiple machine. My main concern is about logon scripts...if 
i can control these centrally it makes my life so much easier.

I know this is off the linux topic but i must be able to set up default 
login script that maps /share/%username if i must configure each host 
individually cant i?

.Chris



> Chris,
> 
> (disclaimer i know little about Poledit, and i cant answer your real
> question)
> 
> Out of interest, why do you need policies for a small (im assuming) 
network?
> I have found policies in the past to be painful. Now i tend to keep to
> attitude that the windows client machine can be foobar'd (policies or 
no) at
> any time and as long as you data is always on the network you are fine.
> 
> If it really is a small network, do you really need policies to stop 
people
> changing things?
> 
> But of course if you have a large no of clients, or always changing 
users or
> over curious users policies may be the way to go.
> 
> (Just thinking about it i should set up policies on my Dad's PC... man 
does
> that guy like to change things...)
> 
> mn
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: deicidal@iinet.net.au [mailto:deicidal@iinet.net.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:27 PM
> To: plug@plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: [plug] Samba domain issues
> 
> 
> Im looking into setting up Samba to be a domain controller for my windoze
> boxen and ive read bits and pieces about using poledit (win admin) to
> create the policies and then store them on the linux machine. The 
policies
> are then mapped to a drive on login so they can be used by the windows
> machines.  My question is this: Thats all fine and dandy for windows9x/NT
> but what  about windowsXP pro? Will a windowsXP pro machine function 
fine on
> a  network that is run by a (simulated)NT controller? Will the policies 
be
> different because the OS is so different? Will i have to use a policy
> editing program on windowsXP and then use that policy instead of the
> poledit ones?  Any help is appreciated.  .Chris
> 
> 
> 

