Hello people, I've been reading along and found that document... however I still have some trouble, which I do not really understand. The things I have done: - on the PDC I have deleted the name of my samba server and recreated it. - next on the linux server I did: smbpasswd -r stromboli -j actuera.nl I then get a message that goes like this: root@intranet:/var/log/samba# smbpasswd -r stromboli -j actuera.nl -D 3 Initialising global parameters params.c:pm_process() - Processing configuration file "/etc/samba/smb.conf" Processing section "[global]" added interface ip=179.43.32.4 bcast=179.43.39.255 nmask=255.255.248.0 resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name stromboli<0x20> resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name stromboli<0x20> Connecting to 179.43.32.13 at port 445 error connecting to 179.43.32.13:445 (Connection refused) Connecting to 179.43.32.13 at port 139 lsa_io_sec_qos: length c does not match size 8 <--- what the ... ? resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name STROMBOLI<0x20> resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name STROMBOLI<0x20> Connecting to 179.43.32.13 at port 445 error connecting to 179.43.32.13:445 (Connection refused) Connecting to 179.43.32.13 at port 139 cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT <- what does this mean? cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine STROMBOLI. Error was : NT_STATUS_NO_TRUST_SAM_ACCOUNT. 2002/06/27 16:25:07 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change password for domain ACTUERA.NL. Unable to join domain ACTUERA.NL. anyone who can help?