lo, I have just install samba 2.2.2 and I would like to configure it as a PDC so I followed the Samba 2.2 PDC howto but I have a probleme when I want to join my domain with a client under win2k: win2k ask me the login and a password of an administrator that could allow me to join the domain. So I have create un samba account named root like it is said in the howto but it doesn t work this is a cut from my samba log ------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001/11/20 12:25:30, 0] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_api_samr_create_user(1926) User p04ordi0$ does not exist in system password file (usually /etc/passwd). Cannot add account without a valid local system user. [2001/11/20 12:25:32, 0] rpc_server/srv_netlog_nt.c:get_md4pw(150) get_md4pw: Workstation p04ordi0$: no account in domain -------------------------------------------------------------------- this is my smb.conf -------------------------------------------------------------------- [global] smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd domain master = yes security = user name resolve order = lmhosts bcast encrypt passwords = yes domain logons = yes time server = yes workgroup = xxx server string = xxx netbios name = xxxxx os level = 34 Domain Admin group = @adm [netlogon] comment = Service de connexion au domaine path = /usr/local/samba/logon public = no writable = no browsable = no [profile] comment = Profils utilisateur path = /usr/local/samba/profile create mode = 0600 directory mode = 0700 writable = yes browsable = no -------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks, DoudOUKE