Tnank you to everyone who gave me hand on that one. I finally solved it. <BROWNBAG OVER HEAD> My samba machine was not behind the College's firewall. This was making my server appear as an outsider and was therefore denied access to most services on most remote computers including the DC I was trying to connect with. Once I placed my server behind the firewall, I was able to join the domain in cinch. </BROWNBAG OVER HEAD> Regards, MGL _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.