Hi, After unsuccessfully trying to join a samba server to my Win2k domain, I turn to you guys for help. The samba server in question is called BRITERSEN, and is on 192.168.1.4, the Win2k domain controller is called SPOCK and is on 192.168.1.3, the domain in question is petenet.britersen.co.uk Getting a kerberos ticket seems to go ok: [root@britersen:~]# klist Credentials cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0 Principal: Administrator@PETENET.BRITERSEN.CO.UK Issued Expires Principal Nov 24 06:00:01 Nov 24 16:00:00 krbtgt/PETENET.BRITERSEN.CO.UK@PETENET.BRITERSEN.CO.UK However, when trying to join it to my Win2k domain, things go wrong. smb.conf looks like this: # Global parameters [global] realm = PETENET.BRITERSEN.CO.UK security = ADS encrypt passwords = yes client use spnego = yes password server = 192.168.1.3 And the output of me trying to join the domain is as follows: [root@britersen:~]# net ads join administrator password: [root@britersen:~]# Which is not much... Debugging turns up this: [root@britersen:~]# net -d 2 ads join [2003/11/24 06:20:45, 2] lib/interface.c:add_interface(79) added interface ip=212.159.80.154 bcast=212.159.80.159 nmask=255.255.255.248 [2003/11/24 06:20:45, 2] lib/interface.c:add_interface(79) added interface ip=192.168.1.4 bcast=192.168.1.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 [2003/11/24 06:20:45, 1] libsmb/clikrb5.c:ads_krb5_mk_req(276) krb5_get_credentials failed for spock$@PETENET.BRITERSEN.CO.UK (Unknown error -1765328343) administrator password: [2003/11/24 06:20:48, 1] libsmb/clikrb5.c:ads_krb5_mk_req(269) krb5_cc_get_principal failed (No such file or directory) [2003/11/24 06:20:48, 1] libsmb/clikrb5.c:ads_krb5_mk_req(276) krb5_get_credentials failed for spock$@PETENET.BRITERSEN.CO.UK (Unknown error -1765328343) [2003/11/24 06:20:48, 1] utils/net_ads.c:ads_startup(181) ads_connect: Operations error [2003/11/24 06:20:48, 2] utils/net.c:main(758) return code = -1 The faliure to get the info on spock$@PETENET.BRITERSEN.CO.UK concerns me, but I don't know enough to trace this further. At this point, I have no idea whether this is a problem with the samba server, or with the security settings on the win2k domain controller. All help greatly appreciated, Petersen