I am using Samba 2.0.5 on Sun/Sol 2.6 with 80 NT-Clients and about 1400 accounts. I have encrypted passwords and users which have set their smbpassword on the unix side can login with no problems. Smbpasswd is updated with one shell script, so the new unix users are automatically inserted in smbpasswd, and users who have no more their unix account are deleted from smbpasswd. All new samba users without smb password have NO PASSWORDXXXXXX... line in the smbpasswd. In smb.conf the parameter null password is NO. But users who have NO PASSWORD can login without password !!! this is part of my smb.conf [global] workgroup = FZT server string = Samba interfaces = XXX.22.16.100/24 encrypt passwords = Yes passwd chat = *password* %n\n *password* %n\n *successfull**new*password* %n\n *changed* log level = 1 log file = /usr/local/samba/var/log.%m max log size = 500 time server = Yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY logon script = login.bat logon drive = H: domain logons = Yes os level = 65 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes wins proxy = Yes wins support = Yes hosts allow = XXX.22. 127. dos filetimes = Yes dos filetime resolution = Yes fake directory create times = Yes [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /usr/local/samba/netlogon read only = No guest ok = Yes [homes] comment = HOMES read only = No browseable = No Please mail me direct if you have any ideas. -- Have a nice day ! Tomek Jarosinski Fachhochschule Hamburg - University of Applied Sciences 2099 Hamburg,Berliner Tor 21, R. 429 Tel:040/42859-2802 Fax:040/42859-2889 E-Mail: tomek@is.fh-hamburg.de --Linux is like a wigwam: no gates, no windows, and an apache inside--