Roaming profiles on network

Hi all!
Ok, so first the problem (it is on our school network, and im
currently helping the admins with something:
There are 1500+ users on the school network, and 800 of them
are required to create an "E-portfolio" in dreamweaver, for our IT
course.
When a user configures dreamweaver it creates a configuration
file in the users profile "c:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver
MX\Configuration" however, with everyone having a roaming profile
(and static profiles would be out of the question) when users log
on, it has to drag a 20meg file from the server to the root
directory of the computer the user has logged on to. Now although
20meg isn't very big, when 150 users are all login on at the same
time, it can take ages to log on.
Now our original idea was to just get rid of this
configuration file, and see what it affected - however it gets rid
of all defined sites, and also how you configure your window in
dreamweaver - so this is out of the question.
So my question is - "Is there anyway the we can reduce the
file size, or have a "shared" configuration file, so that it just
saves the defined sites on the user profiles?"

If the E-portfolios are allowed to have the same structure I
think your time
would be better spent designing this system with a Database
backend and
admin tool.
This way a person can login to the admin tool and fill in
whatever
information they want and then click update. You could make
this as simple
or "cool" as you want. The benefit to this is that you can
almost guarantee
that it will always work and that a person will not upload
something that
breaks.
Just a thought.
"shaddowarrior2006" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
news:es1fcc$kd9$[email protected]..
> Hi all!
>
> Ok, so first the problem (it is on our school network,
and im currently
> helping the admins with something:
> There are 1500+ users on the school network, and 800 of
them are required
> to
> create an "E-portfolio" in dreamweaver, for our IT
course.
> When a user configures dreamweaver it creates a
configuration file in the
> users profile "c:\Documents and
Settings\username\Application
> Data\Macromedia\Dreamweaver MX\Configuration" however,
with everyone
> having a
> roaming profile (and static profiles would be out of the
question) when
> users
> log on, it has to drag a 20meg file from the server to
the root directory
> of
> the computer the user has logged on to. Now although
20meg isn't very
> big,
> when 150 users are all login on at the same time, it can
take ages to log
> on.
> Now our original idea was to just get rid of this
configuration file, and
> see
> what it affected - however it gets rid of all defined
sites, and also how
> you
> configure your window in dreamweaver - so this is out of
the question.
>
> So my question is - "Is there anyway the we can reduce
the file size, or
> have
> a "shared" configuration file, so that it just saves the
defined sites on
> the
> user profiles?"
>
>

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You could too run a process monitor to watch what happen. With filter you can easilly configure it on the server to not log everything except read|write on the profile.
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On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 22:37:41 GMT, Mark Robinson
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 19:55:27 +0000, luzuml wrote:
>
>> Re-reading many message threads in this and other forums, I'm confused.
>> For SLED, LUM creates users accounts on-the-fly after eDir login (like DLU
>> on ZEN on Windows), the Novell client reads login scripts and maps drives
>> (like on Windows) but integration with LUM is less than transparent, and
>> there may or may not be plans to support roaming profies, without which
>> settings and user document folders are stuck on each machine the account
>> was created on, making it very difficult to support without mass
>> confusion.
>>
>> I run a college network. If we are to have a chance to make people
>> interested in an alternative to Windows, all those functions must be
>> transparent to users (as it is with the Windows client and ZEN) -- they
>> authenticate to the directory, their local account is created, they get
>> their network resources, and their roaming profile settings and locations
>> are as expected. They logout, their info is safe on the network, their
>> account is deleted. They go to the next class in a different lab and
>> repeat. This happens thousands of times per day in 30 different labs with
>> students of wildly different capabilities and expectations. But it just
>> works.
>>
>> This has been the Novell experience since the beginning (16 years for us).
>> It is still valid. Anything less than this makes SLED an unworkable
>> alternative. I'm looking for a way to make it workable. By summer we'll
>> have 1200 XP/SLED dual boot machines in labs and offices. To make SLED a
>> viable alternative we need those other features. Otherwise, it's just a
>> toy for the curious. Unfortunate.
>>
>> So, here are my end of year questions:
>>
>> Which of these fundamental functions are working with which others?
>>
>> Which ones are in the SP beta plans?
>>
>> Which ones are not being planned?
>>
>> What is the process for helping the planners understand the needs of the
>> users out here?
>
>Ok, there is a beta for NCL that will start in Jan. Please sign up at
>beta.novell.com if you are interested.
>
>At the moment, I have no idea what will and won't be in there! So why the
>reply?
>
>Well, things work kinda different under Linux. The idea of copying a
>roaming profile is very alien. In fact a roaming profile is just such a
>bad idea(tm) that it should never have been let loose in the first place
>IMHO :-)
>With Unix/Linux /home is a filesystem that can easily be exported from a
>server, and mounted on all workstations. That way the users' home
>directories are always available, but never need to be copied anywhere.
>Now, this doesn't fit well with OES Linux right now, but I am hoping to
>work with Novell on the OES 2 beta to try to get some of this stuff sorted!
>
>If you are serious about implementing Linux you need to get to know what
>some of the major differences are, and not just try to do the same thing
>again :-)
>
>I hope this doesn't sound like I'm ranting at you, it's not meant to, I
>just get a little narked when people see really **** stuff (like roaming
>profiles) and want it implemented when there's already a much better
>solution...

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Amanda,
As Van says, yes you can have both seleced at the same time. I suspect there are other issues on your machine that are creating your problems. FWIW, I too have been running FM9 on a win7 64-bit platform with no issues.
The Roaming Profile is used typicaly with remote logins across a WAN (wide area network), however, application specific gets stored there - depending upon the application. Since you've seemed to have resolved the issue by deleting (or disabling the profile, i.e. the apps won't look there) the Roaming profile folder, it sounds like there might have been something corrupt or erroneous in the Acrobat data folders. When you installed your FM versions, did you deselect the accompanying PDFcreator option? If not and you had an existing Acrobat installation, then some items would have been overwritten, creating some issues for you.

Cisco ISE NAC agent and Microsoft roaming profiles

Hi there,
I have installed Identity services engine version 1.1.3 in didstributed mode. The NAC agent is installed on the end user PC joined to the domain. when a user with a roaming profile logs into the PC, the NAC agent fails to run posture assesment, but if a user with non-roaming profile logs in, the NAC agent does posture and full network access is granted.
Is there something i need to do to enable the NAC agent to perform posture for users with a roaming profile.
Regards,
Henry

Hello,
I found the following from the cicso doc. Hope it helps!
The following failure scenarios might cause the Cisco NAC Agent to appear following successful user authentication when the client machine roams between CASs in Layer 3 (both In-Band and Out-of-Band) and Layer 2 /Layer 3 Out-of-Band environments. Erroneous Agent login dialogs could also appear if users roam from the Cisco NAC Appliance network in Layer 3 mode to a non-NAC network:
–ARP poisoning
–Temporary loss of network connection between the client machine and the CAS
–Access to untrusted interface IP address on the CAS from non-NAC network segments on NAC-enabled client machines
Cisco offers the following recommendations to prevent this situation:
–Ensure all trusted networks (post-authentication) can reach the CAS untrusted interface IP address through the CAS trusted interface only
–Block discovery packets from all non-NAC networks to the CAS untrusted interface IP address (discovery packets that arrive on the trusted interface of the CAS are blocked by default)
For more information please refer to the following link:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/security/nac/appliance/configuration_guide/48/cam/m_agntd.html

Strange behavior of system with enabled FileVault2, Roaming profile

Hello,
I have encountered strange behavor of my Macbook Air after some testing.
Macbook Air 2012 was newly installed with 10.8.4 and joined network account server on 10.8.4 server with Roaming profile (synced with server home directory). After installing some basic apps like iWork I turned on FileVault.
Then I start to have the strange behavior - iWorks are not displaying content of document - it seams blank - just white screen without any borders where should be at least lines in numbers or empty cells.
Another display problem is in Safari. On same pages (even default Top SItes) it`s flashing and especially when scrolling.
Did you encountered something similar? I`m not able to get rid of it.
Computers was used for some time before turining on FIle Vault and problem started to occur after this action. Disabling of FileVault didn`t helped (properly restarted between steps).
I didn`t found anything strange in Console or elsewhere..

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
While logged in as Guest, you won’t have access to any of your personal files or settings. Applications will behave as if you were running them for the first time. Don’t be alarmed by this; it’s normal. If you need any passwords or other personal data in order to complete the test, memorize, print, or write them down before you begin.
Test while logged in as Guest. Same problem?
After testing, log out of the guest account and, in your own account, disable it if you wish. Any files you created in the guest account will be deleted automatically when you log out of it.
*Note: If you’ve activated “Find My Mac” or FileVault, then you can’t enable the Guest account. The “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac” is not the same. Create a new account in which to test, and delete it, including its home folder, after testing.
Step 2
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login, by a peripheral device, or by corruption of certain system caches.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. Note: If FileVault is enabled on some models, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t do this. Ask for further instructions.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including sound output and Wi-Fi on certain iMacs. The next normal boot may also be somewhat slow.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Test while in safe mode. Same problem?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode) and verify that you still have the problem. Post the results of steps 1 and 2.

2012 R2 RDS - Your roaming profile was not completely synchronized - Event ID 1509 1504 - After installing Update 1

In my deployment I have 2 brokers, and 3 session hosts. I finally installed Update 1 and all following updates available (the ones that were available about two weeks before). Also updated Forefront to v4.3 (SCCM managed).
I have roaming TS profiles enabled with folder redirection and also policy set to "delete local copy of roaming profiles" after logout. Profile folders are on a network share (Server 2003). Things were working ok until Update 1 and rest of updates
got installed.
I started getting events 1509 and 1504 when users logoff and the screen displays "Your roaming profile was not completely synchronized" message briefly. The only file affected so far is ntuser.pol.
There are two variations of the event, one claiming it cannot write the local server copy to fileshare, and the opposite, from file share to c:\users\username.
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Windows cannot copy file \\server\profileshare\username.V2\ntuser.pol to location C:\Users\username\ntuser.pol. This error may be caused by network problems or insufficient security rights.
DETAIL - Access is denied.
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Windows cannot copy file C:\Users\username\ntuser.pol to location \\server\profileshare\username.V2\ntuser.pol. This error may be caused by network problems or insufficient security rights.
DETAIL - Cannot create a file when that file already exists.
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Permissions have not changed. The only thing changing is the Updates installed on the servers. I tried running with AV realtime protection off, no change. Ntuser.pol is already on the exclude list in Forefront.
This is happening on my test server and 2 prd servers. Any ideas. I looked for related hotfixes but not coming up with anything.
The whole reason for installing Update 1 was so that we can continue to receive security updates...

Hi,
Thanks for your comment.
When a roaming profile user logs off, the NTuser.dat file is always updated on the roaming profile share. The corresponding NTuser.pol file is only updated if the timestamp of the local copy that was created at logon is newer than the copy found in the roaming
profile share. A synchronization problem may occur if a user with a roaming profile logs on to multiple client computers at the same time. This can eventually cause policy settings to be applied incorrectly.
For example, if the Group Policy loopback feature is applied on one of the client computers, the NTuser.dat file on the roaming profile share may contain loopback policy settings that are not present in the NTuser.pol file. If this problem occurs, the loopback
policy settings that are targeted at one client computer may be unexpectedly applied to a user who logs on to a different client computer.
So please check the permission or group policy which you have applied and also whether you are performing multiple connection at a time.
Note: This KBhere providing only for reference as it’s for previous version.
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
TechNet Community Support

Roaming profiles on network

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