Dear all Im using samba which comes with Solaris 9 , i want to share unix directory with windows , samba and windows 2003 PDC are on different network , root@server # /usr/sfw/sbin/smbd -V Version 2.2.12 here are the steps i follow: -created computer account for solaris box in Windows domain - because there is no wins/dns server . i put windows PDC hostname and IP in /etc/hosts and i can ping the Windows PDC - and created the following smb.conf # Samba config file created using SWAT # from 192.168.1.71 (192.168.1.71) # Date: 2007/05/07 16:29:48 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = Domain925 netbios name = server security = DOMAIN encrypt passwords = Yes password server = MYPDC log level = 1 name resolve order = host bcast lmhosts wins hosts allow = localhost, server, 192.168.1. hosts deny = All [share] comment = Solaris share path = /share read only = No guest ok = Yes im unable to jion domain and also i try using using nmblookup -d4 MYPDC . and it also fails what i am missing please advice , how i can make it work when they are different network , i successfully tested when both PDC /samba are on same network Regards JH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com