I'm not sure what the configurations of the Primary and Backup servers should be to enable them to operate as a domain across a WAN. The original server has been running for some time as the master server, but now I am adding a second (backup) server at the remote site. The global section of the original server is: [global] log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log printer = Lab_LJ1200 guest account = pcguest passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* admin users = root @sysadmin printer admin = @sysadmin socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 obey pam restrictions = yes printer name = Lab_LJ1200 guest ok = yes local master = yes domain master = yes encrypt passwords = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u dns proxy = no netbios name = MAINSERVER printing = cups server string = mainserver logon script = default.bat unix password sync = yes workgroup = OFFICE os level = 125 preferred master = yes max log size = 1000 pam password change = yes log level = 3 security = user domain logons = yes add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c NTMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %u delete user script = usr/sbin/userdel %u delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g add user to group script = /usr/bin/gpasswd -a %u %g set primary group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -g %g %u add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 600 -s /bin/false -M %u winbind separator = + idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes disable netbios = yes use client driver = yes time server = yes wins support = yes name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast When I added the server at the remote site, I set up the global section like this: [global] # dos charset = CP932 dos charset = UTF-8 # unix charset = EUC-JP unix charset = UTF-8 display charset = CP932 workgroup = OFFICE server string = remoteserver security = domain obey pam restrictions = Yes password server = mainserver guest account = pcguest pam password change = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* unix password sync = Yes log level = 3 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 1000 socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -c NTMachine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %u logon script = default.bat delete user script = usr/sbin/userdel %u delete group script = /usr/sbin/groupdel %g add user to group script = /usr/bin/gpasswd -a %u %g os level = 30 preferred master = No local master = No domain master = No dns proxy = No guest ok = Yes printer name = Remote_LJ6P name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast encrypt passwords = yes wins support = yes admin users = root @sysadmin printer admin = @sysadmin netbios name = REMOTESERVER printing = cups domain logons = yes set primary group script = /usr/sbin/usermod -g %g %u add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g 600 -s /bin/false -M %u winbind separator = + idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes disable netbios = yes use client driver = yes I joined the secondary one to the domain, and all the users can access all directories/files, but I get the following warning in the /var/log/messages file on the secondary server: Server's Role (logon server) NOT ADVISED with domain-level security What should I change in the two server's global sections to ensure they operate at primary and backup? Thanks! Larry