Well, I've got most of it working. It turns out that it was a bit of a dumb move on my part... The LM setup used different passwords from the /etc/passwd file on the HP.. reset the passwords and hey presto.. With that said and done, I know have the following problems.. 1) I get a "couldn't validate logon on a server, so you may not be able to access all network resources" message at logon. This isn't a bad problem, but it's gonna cause headaches..the users of this network are thicker than 2 short planks.. (and those are the smart ones.. honest here folks..) Will the next release of samba allow PDC or password authentication without DES? 2) Printing absolutely refuses to work... I think I've done everything in the FAQ etc regarding printing, and it still doesn't work. I've tried printing = hpux, and just defining the print commands etc ..no dice. I have to have missed something reasonably stupid here... has anybody got any clues? Hopefully I won't be asking questions after this.. its my 3rd day at Samba, so I think I'm getting reasonably far.. Thanks in advance.. please reply direct and I'll summarise again if needed.. --- Duncan Hill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cogito ergo sum Email: dhill@sunbeach.net : dhill@bajan.org http://www.bajan.org : http://www.cropover.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------