ftp://samba.org/pub/samba/alpha or mirror sites. this version has security = domain tested and, shock-horror, working. it is possible to do SMB connections with WORKSTATIONNAME\username (wow) and actually, this is _necessary_, because otherwise, how are you going to join it to a domain? :-) :-) as root: samedit -S . -U root% -l log [] createuser root -p rootpassword [] exit samedit -S thepdc -U admin%password -W remotedom -l log [] use \\mylocaltngwksta -U root%rootpassword -W mylocaltngwksta [] createuser mylocaltngwksta$ -j create trust account: OK create $MACHINE.ACC: OK and you're done. <a href=" mailto:lkcl@samba.org" > Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton </a> <a href=" http://cb1.com/~lkcl" > Samba and Network Development </a> <a href=" http://samba.org" > Samba Web site </a> <a href=" http://www.iss.net" > Internet Security Systems, Inc. </a> <a href=" http://mcp.com" > Macmillan Technical Publishing </a> ISBN1578701503 DCE/RPC over SMB: Samba and Windows NT Domain Internals