In addition to my last message. there is offcause a workaround which in my case is in fact a very good solution, and that is NOT to synchronize SMB and Unix passwords (unix password sync = No) which is the default. I do not want my SMB users to login to FreeBSD, so I do not really have the need for syncing (Unix password will never be used), except for myself and a admin-like userid, these I can handle by hand. But again that is for my specific situation. BTW isn't there an option to force periodic password change? thanks in advance Jeroen Heijungs Het Muziektheater Amsterdam, The Netherlands