I included the line time server = yes in my global section of smb.conf and then kill -HUP <pids of all smbd and nmbd-processes>. Four xntpd-processes are running on the server (named server2). Why does 'net time \\server2 /set /y' fail with the error: System error 1727 has occurred The remote procedure call failed and did not execute. What can be wrong? I even rebooted the win-machine to get a fresh connection to the samba server. BTW: I'm running samba 2.05 -- Johnny Ljunggren, Priv: B?refjellvn 15, 3160 STOKKE Tlf: 918 50 411, ICQ: 50630605