I'm using Samba 2.2.1a on Solaris 8. 1) Can SWAT do its authentication on something different than unix password? I have multiple instances of Samba running on the same server, serving different customers; I'd like to give them a SWAT interface to theirs but I'm not going to give them root password. 2) Ethernet ip address is 10.1.2.10 with mask 255.255.255.0; I added a loopback alias with ip 10.1.0.10 mask 255.255.255.255: goblin# ifconfig -a lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 lo0:1: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 10.1.0.10 netmask ffffffff mether0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 3 inet 10.1.2.10 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.1.2.255 ether 0:0:be:a7:1:10 In my smb.conf I have: interfaces = 10.1.0.10/32 bind interfaces only = yes wins server = 10.1.1.30 In log.nmb I get: [2001/10/09 14:17:16, 1] lib/debug.c:debug_message(247) INFO: Debug class all level = 2 (pid 4002 from pid 4002) [2001/10/09 12:17:16, 2] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(804) Becoming a daemon. [2001/10/09 12:17:16, 2] lib/interface.c:add_interface(85) added interface ip=10.1.0.10 bcast=255.255.255.255 nmask=0.0.0.0 [2001/10/09 12:17:16, 2] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(195) making subnet name:10.1.0.10 Broadcast address:255.255.255.255 Subnet mask:0.0.0.0 [2001/10/09 12:17:16, 2] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(195) making subnet name:UNICAST_SUBNET Broadcast address:10.1.1.30 Subnet mask:10.1.1.30 [2001/10/09 12:17:16, 2] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:make_subnet(195) making subnet name:REMOTE_BROADCAST_SUBNET Broadcast address:0.0.0.0 Subnet mask:0.0.0.0 [2001/10/09 12:17:16, 2] nmbd/nmbd_lmhosts.c:load_lmhosts_file(43) load_lmhosts_file: Can't open lmhosts file /opt/samba-2.2.1a/lib/lmhosts. Error was No such file or directory [2001/10/09 12:17:37, 2] nmbd/nmbd_nameregister.c:register_name_timeout_response(201) register_name_timeout_response: WINS server at address 10.1.1.30 is not responding. (... 5 times ...) I see two problems: the netmask and broadcast for interface lo:1 are wrong; WINS is not responding, maybe nmbd is registering 10.1.0.10 with source ip address 10.1.2.10 and NT is rejecting it? Nmbd goes on becoming a master browser on subnet 10.1.0.10 but then: [2001/10/09 12:38:01, 0] nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c:find_domain_master_name_query_fail(360) find_domain_master_name_query_fail: Unable to find the Domain Master Browser name DOMAIN1<1b> for the workgroup DOMAIN1. Unable to sync browse lists in this workgroup. William