i am trying to get the password sync functions to work.. i have searched the mailing lists and have yet found one like this. a couple similar but with no replies. assumptions: -- the password sync function is only to sync the unix and the samba passwords.. the windows password in not touched as i have not set the security to 'domain' only to 'user'. -- the samba server does not have to be the nis server. -- the password server need not be specified. -- both passwd program and passwd chat must be included for this to operate correctly. -- the passwd chat is trying to predict the response from the normal unix passwd function. the configuration is .. [global] encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd unix password sync = yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *login*password %o \n *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *changed* passwd chat debug = yes the smbpasswd produces the expected response.. i enter the old and the new passwords and the response is as follows.. machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : The specified password is invalid. Failed to change password for kevint i have attempted this many times so i am pretty sure i have entered the new password correctly twice at least once. i have changed the password dramatically as the unix password requires it. a couple of things bother me.. first the 127.0.0.1 section, refering to this machine, the samba server.. shouldn't it refer to the regular unix nis server?? which password is invalid?? the original one, or the new one?? the unix one or the samba one?? the password chat debug seems to be pretty much of a waste, as the only characters that have any meaning sequence is the user name as it appears once. IPC appears a couple of times. the last entry in the log file is .. [2001/02/01 22:50:11, 0] smbd/chgpasswd.c:check_oem_password(693) check_oem_password: incorrect password length (671461655). and i don't believe it as the new password entered is 9 characters and i have checked it with the regular passwd to make sure that it is happy with the attempted new password. what am i missing?? thanks.. -- --- Kevin Tomasek replace XXXXintx with nevikintx