Hi, I would like to get my Samba server to get authetication from Win2000 domain (PDC). Does anyone have this working right? My Samba server(mandrake 9) can get the users and groups information from the win2000 server but cannot authenticate them. What is the problem ? Please help me with this. I have tried looking in mailing lists but havent found any help. And thanks in advance. Here is my smb.conf [global] workgroup = XXX netbios name = TESTI server string = Samba Server %v ; message command = /usr/bin/linpopup "%f" "%m" %s; rm %s ; printcap name = lpstat ; load printers = yes ; printing = cups ; printer admin = @adm ; printer admin = @"Domain Admins" log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 500 ; log level = 3 security = domain password server = * password level = 4 username level = 4 encrypt passwords = yes ; smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd pam password change = yes ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n ;*passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* ; username map = /etc/samba/smbusers ; include = /etc/samba/smb.conf.%m winbind uid = 10000-20000 winbind gid = 10000-20000 winbind separator = + winbind use default domain = no template homedir = /home/%D/%U ; obey pam restrictions = yes template shell = /bin/bash socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 ; interfaces ; remote browse sync ; remote announce ; local master = no ; os level = 33 ; domain master = yes ; preferred master = yes add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c 'Machine Account' -s /bin/false -M %u add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -s /bin/false %u domain admin group = root @wheel wins server = 192.168.8.1 dns proxy = no [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes [test] path = /export comment = test guest ok = yes browseable = yes writable = yes