Hi, I am extremly new to samba. I want my users to authenticate themselves to my Linux machine and then they will see their home directories. Now my problem is that I have to make a system user (thru' useradd) and assign a password (thru' passwd username) for sytem account and make an entry in smbpasswd file too (using smbpasswd -a). Can't I have a single set of username and password? If yes, how to go thru' it and which docs to read for this specifically? With warm regards, -Payal p.s. please mark a CC of replies to me directly too. -- "Visit GNU/Linux Success Stories" http://payal.staticky.com Guest-Book Section Updated.