Hi All, after so much suffering I finally have my rh9 box working with openldap-2.0.0.27-8 and samba-3.0.0-1. I still have some problems as follow: 1 - Once I've joined a machine to the Domain I only can logon using root user; if I try to logon as Administrator the system tells me that username and/or password are not correct. 2 - If I try to use the parameter 'passdb backend ldapsam:ldap://127.0.0.1/' the authentication doesn't work. I've been following the http://www.unav.es/cti/ldap-smb/smb-ldap-3-howto.html howto. thx, Sergio Pereira here are my config files from rh9 box. ---xxxx--- /etc/samba/smb.conf [global] workgroup = ryerson.ca netbios name = PDC-SRV server string = SAMBA-LDAP PDC Server encrypt passwords = Yes passwd program = /usr/local/bin/smbldap-passwd.pl -o %u passwd chat = *new*password* %n\n *new*password* %n\n *successfully* unix password sync = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log log level = 5 max log size = 0 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 domain logons = Yes os level = 80 preferred master = True domain master = True dns proxy = No wins support = Yes # SAMBA-LDAP declarations ; passdb backend = ldapsam:ldap://127.0.0.1/ ldap suffix = dc=ryerson,dc=ca ldap admin dn = cn=manager,dc=example,dc=com ldap ssl = No printing = lprng add user script = /usr/sbin/smbldap-useradd.pl -w %u [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No create mask = 0664 directory mask = 0775 browseable = No [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /home/samba/netlogon guest ok = Yes [profiles] path = /home/samba/profiles writeable = yes browseable = no create mode = 0644 directory mode = 0755 guest ok = yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printable = Yes browseable = No [tmp] comment = Temporary file space path = /tmp read only = No guest ok = Yes ----xxx---- here is my /etc/slapd.conf include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/samba.schema database ldbm suffix "dc=ryerson,dc=ca" directory /var/lib/ldap rootdn "cn=manager,dc=example,dc=com" rootpw {SSHA}g72uKCjmK9kSh2sg3nlb9gZwynD5rz # index objectClass,rid,uid,uidNumber,gidNumber,memberUid eq index objectClass,uid,uidNumber,gidNumber,memberUid eq index cn,mail,surname,givenname eq,subinitial ---xxx--- here are the entries for Administrator and Root user: # Administrator, Users, EXAMPLE, COM dn: uid=Administrator,ou=Users,dc=EXAMPLE,dc=COM objectClass: top objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: sambaSAMAccount cn: Administrator sn: Administrator uid: Administrator uidNumber: 1002 gidNumber: 200 homeDirectory: /home//Administrator loginShell: /bin/bash gecos: System User description: System User sambaLogonTime: 0 sambaLogoffTime: 2147483647 sambaKickoffTime: 2147483647 sambaPwdCanChange: 0 sambaPwdMustChange: 2147483647 displayName: System User sambaAcctFlags: [UX] sambaSID: S-1-5-21-4263734852-1518306851-1126385063-3004 sambaPrimaryGroupSID: S-1-5-21-4263734852-1518306851-1126385063-1401 sambaHomeDrive: U: sambaHomePath: \\smb.example.com\homes sambaProfilePath: \\smb.example.com\profiles\Administrator sambaLogonScript: Administrator.cmd sambaLMPassword: 570992575A0E7CAAC2265B23734E0DAC sambaNTPassword: 9B0166BEA503BA881D5BAC85EB8C93FA sambaPwdLastSet: 1064935056 userPassword:: e1NTSEF9QmFBbyt2Q2VEdGZ1Ylh4YlByL3FrYlF6TnBRaS9ud3k ----xxxx--- # root, Users, EXAMPLE, COM dn: uid=root,ou=Users,dc=EXAMPLE,dc=COM objectClass: top objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: sambaSAMAccount cn: root sn: root uid: root homeDirectory: /home//root loginShell: /bin/bash gecos: System User description: System User sambaLogonTime: 0 sambaLogoffTime: 2147483647 sambaKickoffTime: 2147483647 sambaPwdCanChange: 0 sambaPwdMustChange: 2147483647 displayName: System User sambaAcctFlags: [UX] sambaHomeDrive: U: sambaHomePath: \\smb.example.com\homes sambaProfilePath: \\smb.example.com\profiles\root sambaLogonScript: root.cmd gidNumber: 0 sambaSID: S-1-5-21-4263734852-1518306851-1126385063-1000 sambaPrimaryGroupSID: S-1-5-21-4263734852-1518306851-1126385063-1001 uidNumber: 0 sambaLMPassword: 570992575A0E7CAAC2265B23734E0DAC sambaNTPassword: 9B0166BEA503BA881D5BAC85EB8C93FA sambaPwdLastSet: 1064932432 userPassword:: e1NTSEF9VnY2aEFLZFhOQ2NxSFJSMkc0K1dwcFk2a2p5MkZ4Sk0=