When you downgraded, the samba box probably lost all of the SID's for the machines in your domain. No idea how to fix it though. I ran into SID issues with one machine a long time ago and I just reinstalled since it needed it anyway. :( Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Troy.A Johnson [mailto:troy.johnson at health.state.mn.us] > Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 4:21 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Outlook, samba, and roaming profiles > > > Thomas, > > Are the users getting mail from an Exchange server? > I ask because I'd like to know whether it is a client- > only or client & server interaction issue. > > Are the executable and other files needed for Outlook > locked down by group or user? If so, and IDs have > gotten all screwed up, you may have to make new > groups and assign rights to files/directories again. :-( > > Just guessing, > > Troy > > >>> thudak at sistina.com 08/20/01 03:52PM >>> > I recently ran into a serious issue with the way outlook does > a number of things. (This may in part be w2k's fault as well.) > > Recently after downgrading our samba PDC from 2.2.1a to > 2.2.0, outlook no longer runs for users. After the downgrade > went in place, the w2k machines lost their trust accounts and > needed to be re-added to the domain. This includes the users > on that box. (Which are assigned a completely unique ID every > single time they are added, whether it's the same user or not.) > > My only conclusion is that in re-establishing the trust > account and re-adding the users, outlook no longer runs, with > an all-to-informational error of "Cannot start microsoft > outlook" and nothing more. I think that some registry setting > is expecting a different UID than it's receiving upon > execution of Outlook by the newly re-added user. This has the > side effect of not being able to run Outlook in any way by > that user, on that workstation. > > If anyone has run into this problem, I would be very > interested in finding out what you did, until then I'll be > scouring registry entries for anything dealing with a uid or > outlook, and playing until it works again. (No, not even a > re-install seems to do the trick.) > > I'm very disturbed that this behavior exists and I am very > interested in knowing why, so at a very minimum I can get my > users functional again. > > Any suggestions are MORE than appreciated, I've already spent > WAY TO LONG on this little fit w2k/o2k is throwing and I'm > about to format/reinstall all of those users from scratch. > > Thanks, > -- > Thomas J. Hudak > Systems Administrator > Sistina Software Inc. - www.sistina.com > Phone: 612.638.0500 x.513 > Fax: 612.379.3952 > Page: 612.318.1967 > Key fingerprint = BEC6 3181 4C9B A7BB AF11 4717 6F85 B346 380D 523E > > sleep: Command not found - The story of my life... > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-> linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >