Hi tryin to setup samba version 2.2.7a on RedHat 9 for the first time . this is my smb.conf #======================= Global Settings ====================================[global] security = domain workgroup = user-domain # domain logons = yes password server = mars.infrasoft.lan venus.infrasoft.lan netbios name = nebulae # netbios aliases = omni qa forex support # server string = samba %v on (%h) log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 0 encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd unix password sync = Yes passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *New*password* %n\n *Retype*new*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* pam password change = yes obey pam restrictions = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 password server = 192.168.0.20 guest ok = yes dns proxy = no #============================ Share Definitions =============================[omni] comment = For Omni user only guest ok = yes writable = yes path = /usr/omni map archive = yes map system = yes map hidden = yes I have successfully add this computer a/c to my domain.... while generating a microsoft-format machine password using smbpasswd command smbpasswd -j user-domain -f mars.infrasoft.lan (this my domain controller) i recvd the following error... 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 MARS.INFRASOFT.LAN. Error was : NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED. 2003/12/27 14:02:29 : change_trust_account_password: Failed to change password for domain USER-DOMAIN. Unable to join domain USER-DOMAIN. I dont know how much the above thing is necessary for using samba... regds RamP Ramesh S Pillai pillairamesh@hotmail.com rameshpillai@yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail