i have got a windowns 2000 server with active directory. i added a computer record for my samba server and tried to add it to the domain: smbpasswd -j medusaxx -r beta -U admin but i got this error: Delta:/etc/samba# smbpasswd -j medusaxx -r beta -U admin Password: Unable to join domain MEDUSAXX. here is my smb.conf: [global] netbios name = DELTA server string = %h server (Samba %v) security = DOMAIN encrypt passwords = Yes obey pam restrictions = Yes password server = beta passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . restrict anonymous = Yes syslog = 0 max log size = 1000 socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY SO_SNDBUF=4096 SO_RCVBUF=4096 dns proxy = No wins server = 192.168.0.1 guest account = invalid users = root anybody can help me ? yours sincerely medusaXX