ok, this is one thing I'm having trouble grokking... I have a W2k Server running AD called HOME Linux server with Samba called matrix2 now, we also have Novell in this environment - so joining domains is not really an option. What I want to do it still use domain authentication between matrix2 and HOME, but without having to have any clients as memebers of the AD domain... is this possible? have I overlooked something? -- extract from smb.conf -- [global] workgroup = DOMAIN security = domain password server = 10.1.1.9 encrypt passwords = yes Signed, Steven Haigh Out the 100Base-T, off the firewall, through the router, down the T1, over the leased line, off the bridge, nothing but Net. The net will not be what we demand, but what we make it. Build it well.