Hello, I'm trying to get Winbind to authenticate users that don't have local accounts on a SAMBA BDC. I have (3) BDCs (1) PDC running OpenLDAP 2.1.23 pass backend and Samba 3.0. These are on RedHat 8.0 systems. 3 BDC are also slave LDAP and 1 master directory server on the PDC. I went through the Samba documentation CH21 and made modifications to the BDCs and PDC as follows: nsswitch.conf files winbind for passwd and group pam.d/login #%PAM-1.0 #auth required /lib/security/pam_securetty.so auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so use_first_pass auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so account sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session optional /lib/security/pam_console.so pam.d/samba #%PAM-1.0 #auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth #account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth auth required /lib/security/pam_nologin.so auth required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so nullok shadow auth required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth account required /lib/security/pam_winbind.so account required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so account required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth session required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth password required /lib/security/pam_stack.so service=system-auth pam.d.system-auth #%PAM-1.0 auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so auth required /lib/security/pam_env.so auth sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok use_first_pass auth required /lib/security/pam_deny.so account sufficient /lib/security/pam_winbind.so account required /lib/security/pam_unix.so password required /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 typepassword sufficient /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow password required /lib/security/pam_deny.so session required /lib/security/pam_mkhomedir.so umask=0022 session required /lib/security/pam_limits.so session required /lib/security/pam_unix.so pam_winbind.s is in /lib/security libnss_winbind.so and symbolic link to it from libnss_winbind.so.2 smb.conf ... winbind separator = + idmap uid = 10000-20000 idmap gid = 10000-20000 winbind enum users = yes winbind enum groups = yes template homedir = /accounts/default/%D/%U template shell = /bin/bash winbind use default domain = yes ... If I run smbclient on a BDC: smbclient -L localhost -U fred where fred is a local account I get shares and an appropriate response. When I check the logs, samba.bdc name it indicates that samba is getting information from the LDAP directory, including password. When I do the same for a person without a local account, the LDAP directory returns user found but : session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE Also when I run getent passwd as root I only get local accounts. When I run wbinfo -u I get all users in the LDAP directory, wbinfo -g only domain groups no local groups. Any help would be appreciated. I'm a little stumped with this one. -- Kent nasve525@regis.edu kent@wareham.k12.ma.us Tips:----------------------------------------------> "OpenOffice.org ... Stops Word macro viruses DEAD!" "Postgresql.org ... Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster" "Technology is legislation - C. Einfeldt on OO.o discuss list"