Roaming profiles accross different domains

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Hi,

Please help me to understand a problem I have.

We have two domains and two separate physical sites. We have a lease line
between the two. The two domains have a trust relationship setup.

For Domain N, the profile shares are located at site N and they can roam
form various PC's. All the PC's are members of domain N.

So, a user is based in Domain N and wants to logon in the other office
(office L) where the PC's are members of domain L but have logon to domain N
as an option.

The user enters his credentials and selects domain N from the list and logs
on. He then gets "unable to load profile, network path not found" He
cannot access his home directory or any of the network shares from domain N
but he can create his mail profile from the exchange server in domain N.

I don't understand why he cannot communicate to the profile server though.
I can ping it from the domain L PC but not unc the profile share or any
network shares.

Any advice appreciated. I hope I've made myself clear enough.
 
Re: Roaming profiles accross different domains

Hello nemmens,

Check out this policy "Allow Cross-Forest User Policy and Roaming User Profiles"
under computer configuration, Administrative templates, system, Group policy.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi,
>
> Please help me to understand a problem I have.
>
> We have two domains and two separate physical sites. We have a lease
> line between the two. The two domains have a trust relationship
> setup.
>
> For Domain N, the profile shares are located at site N and they can
> roam form various PC's. All the PC's are members of domain N.
>
> So, a user is based in Domain N and wants to logon in the other office
> (office L) where the PC's are members of domain L but have logon to
> domain N as an option.
>
> The user enters his credentials and selects domain N from the list
> and logs on. He then gets "unable to load profile, network path not
> found" He cannot access his home directory or any of the network
> shares from domain N but he can create his mail profile from the
> exchange server in domain N.
>
> I don't understand why he cannot communicate to the profile server
> though. I can ping it from the domain L PC but not unc the profile
> share or any network shares.
>
> Any advice appreciated. I hope I've made myself clear enough.
>
 
Re: Roaming profiles accross different domains

Hi,

I have enabled that group policy setting on PC in domain L. When I trtied
to logon to it though I still get cannot load profile, network path not
found.

Do I need to do anything with the permission on the storage server that
holds the profiles?


"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello nemmens,
>
> Check out this policy "Allow Cross-Forest User Policy and Roaming User Profiles"
> under computer configuration, Administrative templates, system, Group policy.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Please help me to understand a problem I have.
> >
> > We have two domains and two separate physical sites. We have a lease
> > line between the two. The two domains have a trust relationship
> > setup.
> >
> > For Domain N, the profile shares are located at site N and they can
> > roam form various PC's. All the PC's are members of domain N.
> >
> > So, a user is based in Domain N and wants to logon in the other office
> > (office L) where the PC's are members of domain L but have logon to
> > domain N as an option.
> >
> > The user enters his credentials and selects domain N from the list
> > and logs on. He then gets "unable to load profile, network path not
> > found" He cannot access his home directory or any of the network
> > shares from domain N but he can create his mail profile from the
> > exchange server in domain N.
> >
> > I don't understand why he cannot communicate to the profile server
> > though. I can ping it from the domain L PC but not unc the profile
> > share or any network shares.
> >
> > Any advice appreciated. I hope I've made myself clear enough.
> >
>
>
>
 
Re: Roaming profiles accross different domains

Just to add closeure to this. As well as making the Group policy change a
firewall exception also needed to be added from domain L so it could contact
the profile server in domain N. It's all working now.

"nemmens" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have enabled that group policy setting on PC in domain L. When I trtied
> to logon to it though I still get cannot load profile, network path not
> found.
>
> Do I need to do anything with the permission on the storage server that
> holds the profiles?
>
>
> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>
> > Hello nemmens,
> >
> > Check out this policy "Allow Cross-Forest User Policy and Roaming User Profiles"
> > under computer configuration, Administrative templates, system, Group policy.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Meinolf Weber
> > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> > no rights.
> > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> > ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Please help me to understand a problem I have.
> > >
> > > We have two domains and two separate physical sites. We have a lease
> > > line between the two. The two domains have a trust relationship
> > > setup.
> > >
> > > For Domain N, the profile shares are located at site N and they can
> > > roam form various PC's. All the PC's are members of domain N.
> > >
> > > So, a user is based in Domain N and wants to logon in the other office
> > > (office L) where the PC's are members of domain L but have logon to
> > > domain N as an option.
> > >
> > > The user enters his credentials and selects domain N from the list
> > > and logs on. He then gets "unable to load profile, network path not
> > > found" He cannot access his home directory or any of the network
> > > shares from domain N but he can create his mail profile from the
> > > exchange server in domain N.
> > >
> > > I don't understand why he cannot communicate to the profile server
> > > though. I can ping it from the domain L PC but not unc the profile
> > > share or any network shares.
> > >
> > > Any advice appreciated. I hope I've made myself clear enough.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
 
Re: Roaming profiles accross different domains

Hello nemmens,

Thanks for updating that you find it.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

> Just to add closeure to this. As well as making the Group policy
> change a firewall exception also needed to be added from domain L so
> it could contact the profile server in domain N. It's all working
> now.
>
> "nemmens" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have enabled that group policy setting on PC in domain L. When I
>> trtied to logon to it though I still get cannot load profile, network
>> path not found.
>>
>> Do I need to do anything with the permission on the storage server
>> that holds the profiles?
>>
>> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello nemmens,
>>>
>>> Check out this policy "Allow Cross-Forest User Policy and Roaming
>>> User Profiles" under computer configuration, Administrative
>>> templates, system, Group policy.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Meinolf Weber
>>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>>> confers
>>> no rights.
>>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Please help me to understand a problem I have.
>>>>
>>>> We have two domains and two separate physical sites. We have a
>>>> lease line between the two. The two domains have a trust
>>>> relationship setup.
>>>>
>>>> For Domain N, the profile shares are located at site N and they can
>>>> roam form various PC's. All the PC's are members of domain N.
>>>>
>>>> So, a user is based in Domain N and wants to logon in the other
>>>> office (office L) where the PC's are members of domain L but have
>>>> logon to domain N as an option.
>>>>
>>>> The user enters his credentials and selects domain N from the list
>>>> and logs on. He then gets "unable to load profile, network path
>>>> not found" He cannot access his home directory or any of the
>>>> network shares from domain N but he can create his mail profile
>>>> from the exchange server in domain N.
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand why he cannot communicate to the profile server
>>>> though. I can ping it from the domain L PC but not unc the profile
>>>> share or any network shares.
>>>>
>>>> Any advice appreciated. I hope I've made myself clear enough.
>>>>
 
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