Hi I am trying to join Samba 2.23 to W2K domain. After creating a computer account on the PDC I run: sudo smbpasswd -j THEFORWARDGROUP -r PDF -D 4 But it doesn?t connect and I get the following: added interface ip=192.168.1.51 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name PDF<0x20> startlmhosts: Can't open lmhosts file /etc/lmhosts. Error was No such file or directory resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name PDF<0x20> Connecting to 192.168.1.25 at port 445 resolve_lmhosts: Attempting lmhosts lookup for name PDF<0x20> startlmhosts: Can't open lmhosts file /etc/lmhosts. Error was No such file or directory resolve_hosts: Attempting host lookup for name PDF<0x20> Connecting to 192.168.1.25 at port 445 cli_net_req_chal: LSA Request Challenge from PDF to SERVER1: F2972C23FA8C8474 cred_session_key cred_create cli_net_auth2: srv:\\PDF acct:SERVER1$ sc:2 mc: SERVER1 chal F96E881045A228F4 neg: 1ff cli_net_auth2: Error NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED cli_nt_setup_creds: auth2 challenge failed modify_trust_password: unable to setup the PDC credentials to machine PDF. Error was : NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED. 2003/09/10 14:27:30 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change password for domain THEFORWARDGROUP. Unable to join domain THEFORWARDGROUP. ON the PDC I get the following message: The session setup from the computer SERVER1 failed to authenticate. The name of the account referenced in the security database is SERVER1$. The following error occurred: Access is denied. Anyone have any ideas why I am getting access denied from the PDC. I checked allow pre-W2K computers to use the computer account when I created it Thanks Craig -- Craig Taylor IT Director Forward Ltd 84-86 Regent Street London W1B 5DD Telephone: +44 (0)20 7734 2303 Fax: +44 (0)20 7494 2570 http://www.theforwardgroup.com *********************************************************************** Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Forward Ltd ***********************************************************************