Multiuser client with roaming profiles

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I am new to Notes

Currently our users have the 6.5 client installed with the multiuser option. Configuration of the client is very manual and their data files (along with username.id and names.nsf) are installed in “c:\documents and settings%username%\LOCAL SETTINGS\Application Data.…”

I would like to give users the ablity to sign onto any computer and have access to Notes without any configuration setup needed. I would also want their data files stored somewhere on a server so they can be backed up.

It seems like windows roaming profiles with multiuser client would solve this problem. The problem is that the client puts the data folder into “c:\documents and settings%username%\LOCAL SETTINGS\Application Data.…” and anything in LOCAL SETTINGS is not part are the roaming profile.

Shouldn’t the data folder be put into n “c:\documents and settings%username%\Application Data.…” instead? The data files would then move with the roaming profile. What is the best solution to this problem?

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Subject: Multiuser client with roaming profiles

HiYes you are right, the settings are stored on the local mc. The way it works is as follows:

  1. you set the user as 'roaming’on the notes server and the roaming files are stored on your that server.

  2. Each time a ‘new’ user logs onto a mc (active directory) which hasnt got the notes files in the local documents & settings, and then trys to log into notes it asks for their name and password, the installation then goes off to the notes server to get the relevant ‘roaming’ files ?

Hope that makes sense ?

Roger

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Subject: RE: Multiuser client with roaming profiles

That is the setup we have, but some users are prompted for name and server each time they login to a machine. Any idea why this would be?