We are going to install a new remote access device for students to dial into our network. We are trying to decide what type of authentication to use and how it will impact Samba and out current NT stuff we have going. I know little to nothing about NT. We are running Samba on a Compaq Alpha running Tru64-UNIX. Currently Samba is set up to authenticate against the passwd file of our Alpha. We have security set to share. The remote access can authenticate to a PDC to LDAP. They recommend a PDC. If we set this up will Samba be affected or will it function as it is now? To set up the PDC is there a way to basically copy the passwd file from Unix or do I need to set up each account seperately? Can someone point me to some doc as to how to do this? This is sort of Samba related and sort of not. Is there a list that would be more appropriate? Thanks for your help. Paul Crittenden Computer System Manager Simpson College e-mail: crittend@simpson.edu When someone says "have a nice day", tell them you have other plans.