Hi all, I've been running Samba since 1.9.15p8. I'm currently running it with 1.9.18p8 and just about every Windows client under the sun. (DOS, WfWg, 9x/Me, NT4 Server, 2000, XP Pro) XP and 2000 are have the odd problem connecting, so I'm finally getting around to moving to 2.2.x I'm reading all the doco I can find at samba.org, but I was wondering if there's any 'hints 'n tips' that I should be aware of. Perhaps little details that I might overlook. Also, I'm going to be moving over to encrypted passwords for Samba authentication. But I still want to use UNIX as the source of passwords so I need some sort of transition technique. Any suggestions? (I'll be arranging for the UNIX 'passwd' program to keep the smbpasswd file up to date (Ah, I've got multiple Samba servers, do they each have their _own_ smbpasswd file? ugh).) And finally, in order to keep 'The Powers That Be' happy I'm going to have to do something towards a PDC. in particular to allow our 'Microsoft Man' to deploy Group Policies to the 2000/XP clients. (this is a subject about which I know nothing, and would rather keep it that way if possible). If it makes a difference I'm using IRIX 6.5.5f (so I'm hoping to get kernel oplocks) Mac Assistant Systems Adminstrator @nibsc.ac.uk dmccann@nibsc.ac.uk Work: +44 1707 654753 x285 Everything else: +44 7956 237670 (anytime)