Hi I have set up a Windows 2000 Server in a small department and intermitently I have problems mounting samba shares. From the dos prompt when I do a net view \\server, it gives me access denied?? the log.smb has the following lines of errors: [2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/password.c:server_validate(1117) password server is not connected [2002/04/16 14:15:42, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367) unable to open passdb database. [2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(555) Couldn't find user 'kenp' in passdb. [2002/04/16 14:15:42, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367) unable to open passdb database. [2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/password.c:pass_check_smb(555) Couldn't find user 'kenp' in passdb. [2002/04/16 14:15:42, 1] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(988) Rejecting user 'kenp': authentication failed [2002/04/16 14:15:44, 0] lib/debug.c:reopen_logs(340) Unable to open new log file /samba/var/ttapserver/log.bigblue: No such file or directory [2002/04/16 14:15:44, 1] smbd/password.c:server_validate(1117) password server is not connected [2002/04/16 14:15:44, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwnam(1367) unable to open passdb database. It's like it samba quites talking to the windows 2000 server, during this time shares off the same server mount just fine, it's only the samba shares that are not mounting. I'm running a Windows 2000 Server with SP2 as my authentication server and samba 2.2.3a, below is a some lines from my smb.conf file: [global] security = server password server = win2000server workgroup = domain debug level = 1 guest account = ntguest dead time = 10 getwd cache = yes invalid users = root bin sys news lock directory = /samba/locks map archive = no passwd program = /usr/bin/yppasswd status = yes null passwords = no socket options = TCP_NODELAY local master = no domain master = no preferred master = no os level = 0 password level = 3 log file = /samba/var/%L/log.%m oplocks = true Any help would be appreciated. thanks