Hello List I'm experienceing problems with Samba 3.0.25,1 running in a FreeBSD box. I've succesfully joined a domain, and I've configured mail with auth on W2k3 server thorugh PAM. But I have problems with wins name resolution . If I issue mail# /usr/local/www > net rpc testjoin Unable to find a suitable server Join to domain 'DMSWARE' is not valid BUT mail# /etc > net rpc testjoin -S orion Join to 'DMSWARE' is OK AND mail# /usr/local/www > net ads testjoin Join is OK I know that RPC and ADS use two different methods to find the server... But RPC shouldn't net rpc first try with files, then DNS, then broadcast ? I've listed Orion in the machine host file, and the name can be successfully resolved by name server, with or without domain And giving "-S orion" is nothing more than what is already listed in smb.conf So Why RPC fails ? Here are my conf files ********************** mail# /etc > less nsswitch.conf passwd: files winbind shadow: files winbind group: files winbind #hosts: db files nisplus nis dns #hosts: files dns wins hosts: files dns bcast # Example - obey only what nisplus tells us... #services: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #networks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #protocols: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #rpc: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #ethers: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files #netmasks: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files bootparams: nisplus [NOTFOUND=return] files ethers: db files netmasks: files networks: files dns protocols: db files rpc: files services: files netgroup: files publickey: nisplus automount: files aliases: files nisplus nsswitch.conf (END) ********************** mail# /etc > less smb.conf [global] workgroup = DMSWARE Wins support = yes dns proxy = yes name resolve order = host wins bcast local master = yes domain master = no preferred master = auto enhanced browsing = yes #encrypt password = yes # YES = Default realm = DMSWARE.it server string = mail security = ADS password server = orion passdb backend = tdbsam passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u client use spnego = yes server signing = auto client signing = auto #passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . #passwd chat debug = yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m add user script = /usr/sbin/pw useradd %u delete user script = /usr/sbin/pw userdel %u add group script = /usr/sbin/groupadd %g delete group script = /usr/sbin/pw groupdel %g preferred master = No template homedir = /home/%U template shell = /bin/csh winbind cache time = 3600 winbind enum users = Yes winbind enum groups = Yes winbind use default domain = Yes winbind nss info = rfc2307 idmap domains = DMSWARE idmap config DMSWARE:range = 10000-49999 idmap config DMSWARE:base_rid = 0 idmap config DMSWARE:backend = rid ********************** mail# /etc > less hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.DMSWARE.it localhost 192.168.1.38 MAIL.DMSWARE.it MAIL 192.168.1.38 MAIL.DMSWARE.it. 192.168.0.12 orion.dmsware.it 192.168.0.12 orion hosts (END) Thanks everybody for any help