In running smbclient //machinename/homedir I get the following output: INFO: Debug class all level = 4 (pid 6329 from pid 6329) doing parameter log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m doing parameter max log size = 50 doing parameter debug pid = Yes doing parameter debug uid = Yes doing parameter large readwrite = Yes doing parameter min protocol = LANMAN1 doing parameter time server = Yes doing parameter socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192 doing parameter load printers = No doing parameter disable spoolss = Yes doing parameter add user script = useradd -c "SMB %U" -g smbusr -s /bin/false -p "junk" %u;passwd %u -l;smbadduser %u:%U doing parameter delete user script = userdel %u;smbpasswd -x %u doing parameter add group script = groupadd %G doing parameter delete group script = groupdel %G doing parameter add user to group script = usermod -G %G %u doing parameter add machine script = smbpasswd -a -m %m doing parameter logon script = netlogon.bat doing parameter logon path = \\auth\netlogon doing parameter logon drive = z: doing parameter domain logons = Yes doing parameter os level = 64 doing parameter lm announce = True doing parameter lm interval = 30 doing parameter preferred master = True doing parameter domain master = True doing parameter dns proxy = No doing parameter wins proxy = Yes doing parameter wins support = Yes doing parameter panic action = echo "\n\n*********************************** SMB PANIC\n\n">/dev/lp0 doing parameter winbind uid = 10000-20000 doing parameter winbind gid = 1000-2000 doing parameter winbind separator = + doing parameter admin users = @wheel, @smbadm, meaje doing parameter write list = @wheel, @smbadm, meaje doing parameter printer admin = @wheel, @smbadm, meaje doing parameter create mask = 0644 doing parameter printing = lprng doing parameter case sensitive = Yes doing parameter map system = Yes doing parameter map hidden = Yes pm_process() returned Yes added interface ip=216.17.224.194 bcast=216.17.224.207 nmask=255.255.255.240 added interface ip=192.168.100.1 bcast=192.168.100.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 added interface ip=192.168.200.1 bcast=192.168.200.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Got a positive name query response from 127.0.0.1 ( 216.17.224.194 192.168.100.1 192.168.200.1 ) error connecting to 216.17.224.194:445 (Connection refused) Doing spnego session setup (blob length=70) session setup failed: NT_STATUS_PASSWORD_EXPIRED How do I reset the password expiration dates so I can use this version as it seems I have the best chance of utilizing this version with XP. Thanks Jeff Means CIO PicoTech Unix is userfriendly it is just selective of it's users -------------- next part -------------- HTML attachment scrubbed and removed