Greetings: I have been running SAMBA 1.9.16p1 under HP-UX 9.04 quite well for some time. I have in the smb.conf security = server encrypt passwords = yes workgroup = XX1 where XX1 is the name of our NT domain. Everything works as it should, passwords are being validated by our NT servers. The scenario which has just happened: Users at other sites in my company now need access to my samba systems. These users are members of other NT Domains and are unknown by XX1. There is a trust relationship between the local NT Domain and the foreign NT Domain. I don't know much about NT Domains, but hopefully it is clear what I am trying to do. Is there another solution to this problem beside maintaining a smbpasswd file myself on the UNIX server? TIA. James Richardson System Administrator Manufacturing IS Wellman, Inc. Johnsonville, SC (803) 386-8189 (803) 386-8307 (fax) James.Richardson@WellmanInc.Com