I'm using samba 3.0.28 as distributed by SUN on solaris 10 x86_64 5_08. Samba and kerberos are configured to authenticate to a domain, and domain user authentication, and access to shares goes smoothly. I need to limit access to the samba shares to a few select groups. The problem is those groups aren't showing neither in getent groups nor in wbinfo -g. A conversation with the domain admin revealed that the groups that I need were created as "Universal" as they contain members from several different domains (with trust relationships). I guessed that a good work-around for this would be to create local _unix_ groups and add the domain users to these groups. I've tried this, but without success (the user still logs-in, but can't write unless the directory has write access to everyone). Is there a config option that must be enabled on smb.conf (or somewhere else) for this to work ? What is the correct way add a domain user to a _unix_ group ? I'v tried both: lclgrp::15757:DOMAIN+domuser lclgrp::15757:domuser Also, can't login with a local unix user. Is the use of winbind mutually exclusive of local logins ? If not, how can I enable it ? Thanks for your help, Duarte Alencastre smb.conf follows: [global] workgroup = DOMAIN dns proxy = yes security = ads password server = * wins server = wins.server.ip.address netbiosname = myhost #winbind separator = . # This isn't used in the configuration anywhere winbind separator= + #### disable printing load printers = no printing = bsd printcap name = /dev/null disable spoolss = yes idmap uid = 15000-20000 idmap gid = 15000-20000 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes # This template can include the domain name if required template homedir = /export/home/%U template shell = /usr/bin/bash # Allows login in as "username" instead of "NTDOMAIN.username" winbind use default domain = Yes allow trusted domains = Yes [share_a] comment= share_a path = /storage/share_a #Disabled acl check permissions and zfsacl due to zfsacl issues encountered Solaris 08/07 w/ Samba 3.0.25 acl check permissions = False public = yes writable = yes