However odd it sounds, I would like for smb clients to authenticate off of a radius server. How would i set up samba to do this? Would it be: security = user and then edit the pam.d/samba file to use the pam_radius authentication module instead? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanx! ====---- - - - - - - - - - ____ __ Scott Fritzinger | \ | |/\ /\ Computing Helpdesk Specialist | \| < O O > Helpdesk: (775) 784.4320 | |\ | \o/ Office: (775) 784.6500 x338 |__| \ ___|evada WolfPack