I have two Caldera Linux Intel boxes running as Samba servers (1.9.18p8) using an NT server (SP3) for user authentication and have no problems. I cannot get a new box to work this way. The new machine is a DEC Alpha running Red Hat 5.1 with Samba 1.9.18p5 (pre-installed). The smb.conf file contains (among other things): encrypt passwords = yes security = server password server = XYZ Using the "tests" in John Blair's Samba book, I pass ALL but test 9. The user log file contains: password server XYZ rejected the password NT Password did not match ! Defaulting to Lanman I can pass test 9 if I use a user name which exists on the DEC Aplha server, but like the other Samba servers, I want to use our NT PDC (XYZ) for user authentication. I would also like to use our NT BDC for backup authentication. Is the smb.conf entry: "password server = serv1 serv2" or is there a comma separating the names? One interesting thing is the contents of the smb log: load_client_codepage: filename /etc/codepages/codepage.850 does not exist. ERROR: root did not create the semaphore. The ERROR regarding the semaphore seems to be created with every (failed?) login. Also, PAM is apperently installed (which I know nothing about, yet). I don't know if this has anything to do with it. Please help. Steve Arntzen Computer Systems Administrator Engineering Systems Inc. sjarntzen@esi-il.com Thanks.