I have samba 3.0alpha24 server with LDAP as PDC. I can use shares on the server, but I can't join workstation to domain Error message is: Access denied. and in log file with debug = 3 i found in logfile: rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:access_check_samr_function(115) _samr_create_user: ACCESS DENIED (granted: 0x00000201; required: 0x00000010) workstation account exists and is enabled: uid: taivas$ objectClass: sambaSamAccount displayName: konetunnus objectClass: account sambaAcctFlags: [U ] sambaPrimaryGroupSID: [domain sid]-1601 sambaSID [domain sid]-11000 sambaNTPassword 90568306802UYIEUYIUEIYUI sambaLMPassword 5734767389767GERJGJGJDG sambaPwdMustChange 1056456117 sambaPwdCanChange 1054641717 sambaPwdLastSet 1054641717 I have Administrator account set and group mappings should be ok, but i doubt the problem is somwhere there: objectClass: sambaGroupMapping objectClass: posixGroup displayName: admins sambaSID: [domain sid]-512 cn: Domain Admins memberUid: Administrator gidNumber: 301 sambaGroupType: 2 net groupmap list shows: nobody (S-1-5-32-546) -> nobody users ([domain sid]-513) -> smbusr admins ([domain sid]--512) -> domadm sysadmins ([domain sid]--1002) -> sysadm I have made workstation account manually with smbpasswd and there is no workstation creation script set in smb.conf. Any ideas what I'm missing? regards Hannu