dear List. i tried to join domain to samba-3.0.0 PDC from w2k. error from W2K machine is :user could not be found. when i login with root priveleges (administrator) log from my tail -f backup.log [2003/12/19 20:46:30, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(535) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2003/12/19 20:46:30, 2] smbd/sesssetup.c:setup_new_vc_session(535) setup_new_vc_session: New VC == 0, if NT4.x compatible we would close all old resources. [2003/12/19 20:46:30, 2] auth/auth.c:check_ntlm_password(302) check_ntlm_password: authentication for user [administrator] -> [administrator] -> [administrator] succeeded [2003/12/19 20:46:30, 2] lib/access.c:check_access(324) Allowed connection from (172.16.0.22) [2003/12/19 20:46:30, 0] smbd/service.c:set_admin_user(314) administrator logged in as admin user (root privileges) [2003/12/19 20:46:30, 2] rpc_server/srv_samr_nt.c:_samr_lookup_domain(2540) Returning domain sid for domain MRALNX -> S-1-5-21-2021284785-1403619832-316737614 [2003/12/19 20:46:31, 2] smbd/server.c:exit_server(558) Closing connections and my smb.conf # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MRALNX netbios name = MDK server string = Samba PDC Server %v passdb backend = smbpasswd log level = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 logon script = netlogon.bat logon path = \\%N\profiles\%U logon drive = H: logon home = \\%N\%U\.profile domain logons = Yes os level = 64 preferred master = Yes domain master = Yes admin users = @administrator add user script = /usr/sbin/adduser -n -g machines -c Machine -d /dev/null -s /bin/false %m$ hosts allow = 127.0.0.1, 172.16.0.0/255.255.255.0 [homes] comment = Home Directories read only = No browseable = No [profiles] path = /var/lib/samba/profiles read only = No create mask = 0600 directory mask = 0700 browseable = No [netlogon] path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon write list = @administrator my smbpasswd: reza:1002:42CD4C7F818D4973AAD3B435B51404EE:2FE8B5F75CF04A070222E0B49058EAA8:[U ]:LCT-3FE2F0B2: mra$:1005:78944AEFB89F8FE6AAD3B435B51404EE:E103D2281819C21A3DE562332EB1F9BA:[W ]:LCT-3FE2F50D: beastie:1001:42CD4C7F818D4973AAD3B435B51404EE:2FE8B5F75CF04A070222E0B49058EAA8:[U ]:LCT-3FE2F55E: mrasmb$:1006:318403569EA176FFAAD3B435B51404EE:770CFD36D9EA6F15D923015614AA04B4:[W ]:LCT-3FE2FC39: administrator:1007:42CD4C7F818D4973AAD3B435B51404EE:2FE8B5F75CF04A070222E0B49058EAA8:[U ]:LCT-3FE2FD86: and the all sambauser is Freebsd user account. please help me, with this problem regards reza