Hi! I have a samba 2.2.3a-12 on a Linux Debian box (lets call it pdcMachine) with a 2.4.16 kernel acting as a PDC of some domain (lets call it myDomain). I have a samba 2.999+3.0.alpha20-4 workstation (debian,kernel 2.4.19) (lets call it wstMachine) and i'm trying to join wstMachine to myDomain. I added: workgroup = myDomain password server = * security = domain encrypt passwords = true ... to my smb.conf, the I added wstMachine$ account in pdcMachine: adduser --disabled-password --disabled-login --force-badname --home /dev/null wstMachine$ smbpasswd -a -m wstMachine ... in order to add the wstMachine to the domain i did (in wstMachine): smbpasswd -j myDomain -r pdcMachine -U root # (root is a valid user in pdcMachine) ... the it told me to use "net rpc join". so i did: net rpc join -S pdcMachine after typing the asked password (pdcMachine smb root password ... i thought) it returned: "Joined domain myDomain." .. but when i try: smbclient //wstMachine/someshare -U validDomainAccount it tells me : Doing spnego session setup (blob length=58) session setup failed: NT_STATUS_NO_LOGON_SERVERS here is a dump of my wstMachine smb.conf: /* BEGIN OF smb.conf */ [global] workgroup = PROFS2 server string = %h server (Samba %v) ; load printers = yes ; printing = bsd ; printcap name = /etc/printcap ; printing = cups ; printcap name = cups ; guest account = nobody invalid users = root log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 1000 ; syslog only = no syslog = 0 security = domain password server = * encrypt passwords = true passdb backend = tdbsam unixsam ; include = /home/samba/etc/smb.conf.%m socket options = TCP_NODELAY ; local master = yes ; os level = 20 ; domain master = auto ; preferred master = auto ; wins support = no ; wins server = w.x.y.z dns proxy = no ; name resolve order = lmhosts host wins bcast ; preserve case = yes ; short preserve case = yes ; unix password sync = false passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . ; pam password change = no ; message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' & obey pam restrictions = yes ; winbind uid = 10000-20000 ; winbind gid = 10000-20000 ; template shell = /bin/bash panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d #======================= Share Definitions ====================== [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = no create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 /* END OF smb.conf */ and here is my pdcMachine smb.conf: /* BEGIN OF smb.conf */ [global] ; Tunning by ellobo admin users = root security = user workgroup = PROFS2 server string = %h syslog only = no syslog = 0 encrypt passwords = true wins support = no allow trusted domains = yes os level = 30 domain master = yes local master = yes preferred master = yes name resolve order = host lmhosts wins bcast dns proxy = no preserve case = yes short preserve case = yes unix password sync = true passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . message command = /bin/sh -c '/usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s' & max log size = 1000 ;obey pam restrictions = yes [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no read only = no create mask = 0700 directory mask = 0700 /* END OF smb.conf */ Can you help ? Thanks in advance, LL