Hi Tom. Try to create the user on the samba machine with no uppercase (i.e. administrator) in it. See the section about the domain controller to get some explanation. Bye Marco -- Marco Bizzarri - Responsabile Tecnico - Icube S.r.l. Sede: Via Ridolfi 15 - 56124 Pisa (PI), Italia E-mail: m.bizzarri@icube.it WWW: www.icube.it Tel: (+39) 050 97 02 07 Fax: (+39) 050 31 36 588