Hi, I'm having a strange authentication issue. I can authenticate just fine if I use "security = server" and specify any domain controller, but I get a NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED if I try to use "security = domain" . "net lookup dc" only finds 1 DC, which works fine when using "server" security type. I can join successfully with a "net join". domain controllers Win2000 sp4 smb server: REHL5.2 samba-client-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1 samba-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1 samba-common-3.0.28-1.el5_2.1 [global] username map = /etc/samba/smbusers passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u wins server = x.x.x.x pam password change = yes printing = lprng dns proxy = no encrypt passwords = yes time server = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = /etc/printcap max log size = 0 password server = cleatus obey pam restrictions = yes security = server workgroup = DOMAIN-ABC log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log netbios name = BETA load printers = yes I just want to specify multiple domain controllers , but that doesn't work well with "security=server" . Any help would be appreciated! thanks -- Daniel