dear List. I have already configure samba-2.2.7a.mdk.rpm as a PDC. but i cant join my w2k pro box to join my new PDC. I assume something broken in my configuration. # Global parameters [global] ;basic server settings workgroup = MRALNX netbios name = MDK server string = Samba PDC Server %v socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 ;security and logging settings security = user encrypt passwords = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m log level = 2 max log size = 50 hosts allow = 127.0.0.1 172.16.0.0/255.255.255.0 ;user profiles and home directory logon home = \\%N\%U\.profile logon drive = H: logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U logon script = netlogon.bat ;PDC and master browser settings domain logons = Yes os level = 64 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes local master = Yes # Shares Parameters [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writeable = yes [profiles] path = /var/lib/samba/profiles writeable = yes browseable= no create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 [netlogon] path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon read only = yes write list = @admin file permission: [root@mdk samba]# ls -la /var/lib/samba/netlogon/ total 8 drwxrwxr-x 2 root admins 4096 Mar 14 2003 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 9 12:45 ../ [root@mdk samba]#ls -la /var/lib/samba/profiles/ total 8 drwxr-xrwt 2 root users 4096 Mar 14 2003 ./ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Dec 9 12:45 ../ [root@mdk samba]# ls -la /etc/samba/smbpasswd -rw------- 1 root machines 416 Dec 11 10:32 /etc/samba/smbpasswd i add machine account that exactly same name with w2k pro box with this command [root@mdk samba]# /usr/sbin/useradd -g machines -d /dev/null -c "w2k gaos" -s /bin/false gaos$ [root@mdk samba]# passwd -l gaos$ [root@mdk samba]#useradd gaos [root@mdk samba]#passwd gaos [root@mdk samba]# smbpasswd -a -m backup when i tried to join to samba PDC from w2kpro (gaos), samba log said: [2003/12/11 10:40:43, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(329) Allowed connection from (172.16.0.167) [2003/12/11 10:40:43, 2] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_lookup_domain(2050) Returning domain sid for domain MRALNX -> S-1-5-21-3824138401-4144663620-916235216 [2003/12/11 10:40:43, 2] rpc_parse/parse_samr.c:samr_io_userinfo_ctr(6285) samr_io_userinfo_ctr: unknown switch level 0x1a [2003/12/11 10:40:43, 0] rpc_server/srv_samr.c:api_samr_set_userinfo(670) api_samr_set_userinfo: Unable to unmarshall SAMR_Q_SET_USERINFO. [2003/12/11 10:40:43, 2] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:startsmbfilepwent(170) startsmbfilepwent_internal: unable to open file /etc/samba/smbpasswd. Error was Permission denied [2003/12/11 10:40:43, 0] passdb/pdb_smbpasswd.c:pdb_getsampwrid(1418) unable to open passdb database. [2003/12/11 10:40:44, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(461) Closing connections [2003/12/11 10:40:44, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(329) Allowed connection from (172.16.0.167) [2003/12/11 10:40:45, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(461) Closing connections i spent sometimes with googling bit with no result, please help me to fix this. regards reza