Hi there, here's what I have: 1) Many Windows-Clients 2) a linux box (Suse 7.3) 3) a W2K server (Exchange, in fact) here's what I want: 1) Windows-Clients using samba shares on the linux box 2) Not having to create user accounts on the linux box 3) Letting the w2k server do the authentication here's what I've done: 1) downloaded/unpacked Samba 2.2.3a 2) ./configure --with-pam --with-pam_smbpass --with-winbind 3) make, make install 4) created smb.conf [global] workgroup = MYDOMAIN netbios name = samba encrypt passwords = yes comment = Samba Server printing = bsd printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = no log file = /var/log/smbdlog log level = 4 max log size = 5000 ; case sensitive = yes short preserve case = yes preserve case = yes lock directory = /usr/local/samba/var/locks locking = yes security = domain password server = MARVIN socket options = TCP_NODELAY interfaces = eth0 local master = yes os level = 1 domain master = yes preferred master = yes wins support = yes winbind separator = + winbind uid = 10000-30000 winbind gid = 10000-30000 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes template shell = /bin/false template homedir = /home/samba/%D/%U [homes] comment = Home Directories public = no browseable = no writable = yes path=/home/samba/MYDOMAIN/%S valid users = %S create mask = 0700 force user = %S [inst] comment = Installationskram path = /home/samba/inst public = yes writable = yes browseable = yes printable = no write list = @users create mask = 0770 directory mask = 0770 force group = users [spass] comment = Spass path = /home/samba/spass public = yes writable = yes browseable = yes printable = no write list = @users create mask = 0770 directory mask = 0770 force group = users 5) done all the things in winbindd documentation 6) smb, nmbd and winbind start up fine 7) when started interactively, winbindd shows a very interesting line 'IPC$ connections are done anonymously' 8) getent passwd shows only local users; wbinfo -u says 'error looking up domain users' and: The w2k server log shows Ge?ffnetes Objekt: Objektserver: Security Account Manager Objekttyp: SAM_SERVER Objektname: CN=Server,CN=System Neue Handlekennung: - Vorgangskennung: {0,2595960835} Prozesskennung: 264 Prim?rer Benutzer: MARVIN$ Prim?re Dom?ne: MYDOMAIN Prim?re Anmeldekennung: (0x0,0x3E7) Clientbenutzername: ANONYMOUS-ANMELDUNG Clientdom?ne: NT-AUTORIT?T Clientanmeldekennung: (0x0,0x7312) Zugriffe MAX_ERLAUBT Berechtigungen - (sorry, this is in german) I see the spass and inst shares, but i cannot copy files there. I cannot map a home directory. Anyone with a working configuration who can help me out? --------------------------------------------------------- | Peter Koch Schlund & Partner AG | | mailto:peter.koch@schlund.de Erbprinzenstr. 4-12 | | T. 0721-91374-687 D-76133 Karlsruhe | | F. 0721-91374-20 | ---------------------------------------------------------